Dattatri Ramanna v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 6136 of 2025 (EDN-RES); NC: 2025:KHC:10430; Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar; order dated 12.03.2025. Petitioners Dattatri Ramanna and Dr. Guruprasad Kaginele challenged eligibility criteria for the Sahitya Akademi Award (Award Rules dated 12.03.2024, Annexure-H) as unconstitutional under Article 226; Union of India and Sahitya Akademi were respondents. Court did not decide constitutionality; instead directed Sahitya Akademi (respondent No.2) to consider petitioners' award applications and decide in accordance with law within two weeks; writ petition disposed of. Keywords: Sahitya Akademi Award; eligibility criteria; Award Rules 12.03.2024; Article 226; direction to consider application; disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.2 (Sahitya Akademi) to consider the petitioners' applications and take an appropriate decision in accordance with law within two weeks from receipt of a copy of the order; writ petition disposed of subject to that direction.