Karnataka Education Act, 1983

Dr. R.R. Patil, the principal of a college run by K.L.E. Society, applied twice for voluntary retirement, first on 2 December 1994 without specifying a retirement date and again on 5 July 1995. The Society’s Board of Management accepted his second application on 20 July 1995, without the three‑month notice period requi…

In February 2022 the Karnataka government issued a G.O. mandating that all students in government and private schools wear the uniform prescribed by the College Development Committee or Board of Management, effectively prohibiting the wearing of hijab. Two pre‑university students who were denied entry for refusing to r…

The State of Karnataka appealed against the High Court's partial upholding of its 1994 Government Orders mandating mother‑tongue or Kannada as the medium of instruction in primary schools, which had been challenged by unaided English‑medium schools. The Supreme Court examined whether the State could compel the mother t…