0.1% Of Kumbh Funds Could Have Saved Over 100 Marathi Schools: SC Judge

SC Justice PB Varale says 0.1% of Nashik Kumbh funds could save Marathi schools: Why pitting Hindu faith against welfare is flawed

Supreme Court Justice PB Varale’s Kumbh-school comparison echoes a classic Leftist trope: pitting Hindu religious expenditure against schools and welfare to portray the former as inherently frivolous.

0.1% Of Kumbh Funds Could Have Saved Over 100 Marathi Schools: SC Judge

Supreme Court Justice Prasanna B Varale raises concerns over Maharashtra’s declining education budget, Marathi-medium school closures and lack of basic facilities

Supreme Court judge has ‘no objection’ to Nashik Kumbh allocation, but 0.1% of it ‘could save schools’

Raising concerns over amenities at rural schools, Justice Varale also referred to the Gadchiroli residential school incident where three girls died of snakebites.

‘0.1% of Kumbh funds could have saved 125 Marathi schools’: SC judge flags shrinking education budget

Justice Varale clarified that he had no objection to the government spending thousands of crores on development initiatives. However, he said even a small share of such allocations could have addressed the crisis facing government-run Marathi-medium schools.

0.1% Of Kumbh Budget Could Have Saved 125 Marathi Schools: Top Court Judge

"Even 0.1 per cent of the Nashik Kumbh expenditure could have saved 100-125 Marathi schools from closing down," Justice PB Varale has said