Allowed
Vidyaniketan Public School v. the State of Karnataka
Karnataka HCWP/5072/2019
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The single-judge High Court of Karnataka allowed multiple writ petitions challenging the constitutionality of Sections 2(11-A), 48, 124-A, and 5-A, 112-A of the Karnataka Education Act, 1983. Relying on T.M.A. Pai Foundation, the Court held these provisions ultra vires as they unreasonably interfere with the autonomy of private unaided institutions to fix fees and administer themselves.
What did the court decide?
The writ petitions were allowed; impugned sections and rules were declared unconstitutional and held inapplicable to private unaided educational institutions; pending proceedings were terminated.