Overview

• The Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking implementation of the National Education Policy, 2020, in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and West Bengal.
• A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan clarified that Article 32 only allows the Court to address violations of fundamental rights, not to mandate state policy adoption.
• The Court noted that it could intervene in the future if non-compliance with NEP 2020 leads to fundamental or legal rights violations.
• The petitioner, advocate GS Mani, was found to lack standing as he resides in New Delhi and has no direct stake in the matter.
• The case highlights ongoing tensions between federal and state authority over education policy and the limits of judicial power in enforcing policy decisions.