Karnataka Government will file a review petition against the SC verdict on the medium of instruction in primary schools. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who chaired a meeting of legal experts and officials on Tuesday, said the review petition would be filed by June 5 as it had to be done within a month after the verdict.
The Supreme Court, on May 6, quashed the Karnataka Government’s 1994 language policy making mother tongue or Kannada the compulsory medium of instruction in primary schools.Siddaramaiah said that the State had only two legal options. “If the review petition was not considered, the Government would file a curative petition,” he said.
“Besides the review and curative petitions, the only other option is an amendment to the Constitution, making mother tongue the compulsory medium of instruction. We will appeal to the Centre for the Constitutional amendment,” he further said.He also said he would write to all Chief Ministers in the country seeking their support to ensure that mother tongue was made the medium of instruction in the country.