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Can a Language Become Indigenous or Must It Be Born That Way?

A Supreme Court bench headed by CJI Surya Kant questioned, during a July 2026 hearing on the CBSE's three-language policy, whether English could legally or constitutionally be considered "indigenous" to India, prompting renewed public debate over the language's place in Indian identity. The Supreme Court, hearing petitions on the CBSE's three-language policy in July 2026, raised the question of whether English can be…