New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to consider not replacing German language with Sanskrit in Kendriya Vidyalayas in the middle of the ongoing academic session and implement the decision from next academic year, saying "Why are you punishing students for your mistake?".

While appreciating Centre's decision to introduce Sanskrit in classes 6 to 8, the apex court, however, said that changing the language in the middle of the session would put additional burden on the students.