The Commissioner For Public Instructions vs. Somashekar H. Sangamada

¦ITEM NO.801 COURT NO.5 SECTION IVA S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS PETITION(S) FOR SPECIAL LEAVE TO APPEAL (C) NO(S). 9820-9823/2015 (ARISING OUT OF IMPUGNED INTERIM ORDER DATED 06/02/2015 IN CCC NO. 200152-200155/2014 PASSED BY THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT GULBARGA) STATE OF KARNATAKA & ORS. PETITIONER(S) VERSUS SOMASHEKAR H. SANGAMADA & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) Date : 07/12/2016 These petitions were mentioned today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Basava Prabhu S. Patil, Sr. Adv. (MENTIONED BY) Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv. Ms. Priya Aristotle, Adv. Ms. K. Priyadarshini, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R The operative part of the Order dated 2 nd December, 2016 passed in the present matters is corrected to read as follows: In view of the amendment in Karnataka Education Act, 1983 by way of Karnataka Education (Amendment) Act, 2014 with retrospective effect i.e. 1 st June, 1995, Contempt petitions against the petitioners before the High Court of Karnataka are dismissed. Page No. 1 of 2 The Special Leave Petitions are disposed of in the above terms. However, the respondent(s) ⬠contempt petitioner(s) are at liberty to move the High Court and challenge the Karnataka Education (Amendment) Act, 2014, which came into force with effect from 1 st June, 1995, if so advised. We also make it clear that that we have expressed no opinion on the validity of the aforesaid amendment. [VINOD LAKHINA] COURT MASTER [ASHA SONI] COURT MASTER Page No. 2 of 2