Supreme Court of India
Usha Mehta and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
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We hold that the impugned policy decision is not violative of the linguistic minority rights guaranteed under Articles 29 and 30 or any other provisions of the Constitution.
Judgment, page 12
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Constitution of India, 1950-Article 29 & JO-Educational rights of the linguistic minority-Educational policy of the State of Maharashtra Imposition of the regional Marathi language as a compulsory study in schools run by linguistic minorities-Held, not violative of the linguistic minority rights guaranteed under Articles 29 and 30 or any other provisions of the Constitution. Maharashtra State Government took a policy decision to make study of Marathi language compulsory throughout the schools in that State. As a result, the English Medium Schools run by Gujarati linguistic minorities were
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