Cannot compel states to adopt National Education Policy: Supreme Court

A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan noted that Article 32 of the Constitution only allows the court to enforce fundamental rights but does not extend to directing states to adopt a specific policy.

“It cannot directly compel a State to adopt a policy like the National Education Policy Policy Policy 2020,” the court said. “The Court may, however, intervene if a State’s action or inaction related to the National Education Policy violates any fundamental rights. We do not propose to examine this issue in this writ petition.”

The petition was filed by a lawyer named GS Mani, who contended that Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal were constitutionally obliged to implement the National Education Policy, the Hindustan Times reported.