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HC issues interim stay on Lakshadweep order removing Arabic and Mahal from the school curriculum
Kochi: High court has deferred the implementation of the office order issued by Lakshadweep administration, which removed Arabic and Mahal languages from the school curriculum in the Union Territory, until further orders.
The bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji passed the interim order on a PIL filed by P I Ajas Akber, president of the Lakshadweep unit of the National Students Union. The impugned order, dated May 14, sought to replace Mahal, a local language spoken in Minicoy Island, and Arabic from the school syllabus.
The interim order was issued on Thursday following the petitioner's submission that schools in the Union Territory are scheduled to reopen on June 9. During the afternoon session, the central govt counsel mentioned the matter and submitted that the implementation of the impugned order would not begin on June 9, but from July 1. He also argued that there was no urgency to issue an interim order.
However, as the petitioner's counsel was not present during that session, the court adjourned the matter to June 9.
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