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Oct 06 2001 (HC)

Laxman Omanna Bhamane Vs. State of Karnataka and ors.

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : [2002(92)FLR1031]; ILR2002KAR443; 2002(2)KarLJ208

..... has enacted an act called karnataka local authorities (official language) act, 1981 providing for use of kannada for all official purposes by the local authorities in the state. ..... the official language of all the local authorities in the state of karnataka shall be kannada: xxx (b) if the population of a linguistic minority within the area of operation of such local authority is not less than ..... of karnataka under this article has enacted the law called karnataka official language act, 1963 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') ..... the act, reads as follows:'the official language of the state of karnataka shall be kannada'.subsequently, the state of karnataka by notification under section 4 of the said act, directed that kannada shall be used in respect of official communications from all offices of the state government in the state of karnataka. ..... shall be accepted in the language of such minority and as far as possible replies thereto shall be given in that language; (ii) handouts and publicity material shall also be given in the language of such minority; (iii) notices of the local authorities shall also be published in the language of such minority'. 7. ..... said enactment and notification it is clear that the official language of the state of karnataka is kannada. ..... when the state government has legislated the law declaring the official language of the state as kannada by virtue of its constitutional right under article 345 of the constitution, it is just and necessary to display the name .....

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Jan 25 1989 (HC)

General Secretary, Linguistic Minorities Protection Committee and anr. ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : AIR1989Kant226; ILR1989KAR457

..... no. 26 of 1963) making kannada as the official language of the state, as also the karnataka local authorities' (official language) act, 1981 (karnataka act 30 of 198 1) take note of this aspect. ..... as stated earlier this arrangement has been going on even before the commencement of the constitution and even after the karnataka state was established and the- official language act 'acted in the year 1963, it is only for the -first time, on 20th july 1982 the state government passed the impugned order whereby the children whose mother-tongue is not kannada are required to study kannada ..... s. 2 of this act provides that the official language of all the local authorities in the state of karnataka shall be ..... government. the state of karnataka as an uni-lingual state was established on 1-11-1956 it is only seven years thereafter the official language act, 1963, was enacted by the state legislature making the kannada as the official ..... there. the official languages act, 1963 (karnataka act ..... etc. section 2(b) of the said act provides: '(b) if the population of a linguistic minority within the area of operation of such local authority is not less than fifteen per cent, (i) petition shall be accepted in the language of such minority and as far as possible replies thereto shall be given in that language; (ii) hand-outs and publicity materials shall also be given in the language of such minority; (iii) notices of the local authorities shall also be published in the language of such .....

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Oct 18 1993 (HC)

A. Bhaskar and Another Etc. Vs. State of Karnataka and Others, Etc.

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : AIR1994Kant209; ILR1993KAR3103; 1993(4)KarLJ275

..... 4, made prior to the 31st day of march, 1990 by any person on land (i) belonging to the state government; or (ii) which is a revenue site owned by him; or (iii) belonging to him which is proposed to be acquired in connection with any development scheme of an authority, in relation to which a notification under the bangalore development authority act, 1976, or under section 17 of the karnataka urban development authorities act, 1987, or under section 15 of the karnataka improvement boards act, 1976, is published and which has not vested in favour of any ..... those irregularities and illegal activities are reportedly going on in bangalore district with the connivance of the local revenue officials, in particular the village accountants with a view to avoid sanction of conversion of such lands. ..... 22 a(1) of the registration (karnataka amendment) act, 1976 issued in government notifications (1) rd 132 erg 76, dated 14th march, 1979; (2) rd 44 erg 81 dated 30th march, 1981, (3) rd 132 erg 76, dated 14th october, 1983, (4) rd 132 erg 76 (p), dated 3rd july, 1985; (5) rd 132 erg 76, dated 29th june, 1988. 1. ..... the second circular dated 24-5-1993 is in kannada language. .....

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Sep 30 2002 (HC)

Smt. Ananda Lakshmi and anr. Vs. Deputy Commissioner, Mysore District ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR2002KAR5199; 2003(1)KarLJ423

..... may be a member if he joins a political party after expiry of six months from the date of commencement of his term of office, or in the case of a councillor or member whose term of office has commenced on or before the date of commencement of the karnataka local authorities (prohibition of defection) (amendment) act, 1995, after expiry of six months from such date. ..... party of which he becomes a member before the expiry of six months from the date of commencement of his term, of office, or in the case of a councillor or member whose term of office has commenced on or before the date of commencement of the karnataka local authorities (prohibition of defection) (amendment) act, 1995, within six months from such date. ..... subsequent to the result of the election of president and vice-president being declared, respondents 3 to 7 herein filed a complaint under section 3(1)(b) of the karnataka local authorities (prohibition of defection) act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the 'act' for brevity) before the deputy commissioner, mysore for disqualifying the writ petitioners herein as having violated the provisions of the act. ..... they have admitted in their evidence that the dcc president had issued a whip to vote for the official vice-presidential candidate narayana, but, they disobeyed the whip and voted for the janata dal candidate kannaiah. ..... therefore, having regard to language of section 3-a of the act, they did not suffer any disqualification. .....

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Sep 08 2021 (HC)

Bhagyamma G N Vs. The Government Of Karnataka

Court : Karnataka

..... the learned counsel for the petitioners contended that the impugned order is vitiated for non-compliance with the requirement of section 4 of the karnataka local authorities (prohibition of defection) act (in short the act ) in as much as the secretary of the mandal panchayat should have referred the complaint to the chief secretary, zilla parishat within 24 hours from the receipt of such a complaint for his decision and further the chief ..... the fact that sri siddaramaiah did not made any formal declaration of the official candidates is therefore wholly inconsequential so long as the party had authorised the district president to issue the whip and the person authorised had identified the candidates, in whose favour the whip was issued. ..... when a person receives a document in a language not known to him, certainly he will ascertain and know the contents of the document from a person knowing the language contained in the document. ..... in that connection, the following quotation from crawford on statutory construction - article 261 at page 516 is pertinent: the question as to whether a statute is mandatory or directory depends upon the intent of the legislature and not upon the language in which the intent is clothed. ..... even 58 assuming that petitioners do not know english, being elected members of the town municipal council, they cannot plead such innocence about the language. .....

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Dec 08 1992 (HC)

Bangalore Development Authority Vs. R. Ramachandran

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR1993KAR116; 1993(1)KarLJ1

..... on which such notification is published in the official gazette the authority shall serve a notice on every person whose name appears in the assessment list of the local authority or in the land revenue register as being primarily liable to pay the property tax or land revenue assessment on any building or land which is proposed to be acquired in executing the scheme or in regard to which the authority proposes to recover betterment tax requiring such person ..... favour of the respective plaintiffs admittedly are after the preliminary notification was issued under section 17 of the b.da act, however, plaintiffs have produced documents to show that their vendors had title in respect of the lands in question and that their names were reflected in the assessment list of the local authority or in the revenue register as being primarily liable to pay the property tax or land revenue assessment, as ..... in the said case that under section 128(4) of the karnataka land revenue act it was mandatory on the part of the registering authority to make a report and under section 129 it was mandatory on the part of the prescribed officer to enter in the register of mutations of any such report received from the registering authority and that failure on the part of the registering authority to report and the prescribed officer to enter in the ..... is, therefore, clear that the language reflected in section 4(1) of the l.a.act on the one hand and section 17 of the b.d.a.act on the other is quite different, .....

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Jul 04 1988 (HC)

Sahyadri Education Trust Vs. State of Karnataka

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR1988KAR2188; 1988(3)KarLJ266

..... the only act which the state legislature has passed making kannada the official language is the karnataka official language act, 1963. ..... 'article 450a of the constitution which comes under chapter iv of part xvii of the constitution (special directives) reads as under:'it shall be the endeavour of every state and of every local authority within the state to provide adequate facilities for instruction in the mother-tongue at the primary stage of education to children belonging to linguistic minority groups; and the president may issue such directions to any state as he considers ..... 4 teachers and 2 aayas and what all was necessary to legalise the commencement of the english medium school was a formal order of the state government; that its institution was inspected by the assistant educational officer on 30-6-1981 and he had passed his remarks in the registers maintained by the petitioner appreciating the service done by the petitioner/ institution; that subsequently the institution was also inspected by two inspectors of schools on 7-1-1982 and in ..... respondent had successfully influenced the officers of the education department and obtained permission to start a private nursery school (english medium) even though the 4th respondent submitted the application during april-may, 1981, whereas the petitioner filed its application in the month of november, 1980 but it was not considered by the authorities so far despite the representations to the ministers and other higher authorities. .....

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Oct 13 2022 (SC)

Aishat Shifa Vs. The State Of Karnataka

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... the act also contemplates withdrawal of recognition if any local authority or the governing council of any private educational institution denies admission to any citizen on the ground of religion, race, caste, language or any of them [section 39 ..... the action of the local authorities in compelling the flag salute and pledge transcends constitutional limitations on their power and invades the sphere of intellect and spirit which it is the purpose of the first amendment to our constitution to reserve from all official control. ..... of educational institutions is contemplated by section 36 of the act whereas the educational institutions established and run by the state government or by the authority sponsored by the central or the state government or by a local authority and approved by the competent authority shall be deemed to be the educational institution recognized under the act. ..... the circular issued by the government of karnataka dated 31.1.2014, published in the official gazette, reads thus: government of karnataka no.ed580shh2013department of education multistore building bangalore dated 31-01- 2014 27 circular education department is providing 1st and 2nd puc education in the ..... in bishambhar dayal chandra mohan, the state government contended that the impugned teleprinter message dated march 31, 1981 was in the nature of an executive instruction issued by the state government under its powers under article 162 of the constitution for the due observance of the provisions of the .....

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May 28 1990 (HC)

M/S. Katwe Jaggery Traders, Hubli and Etc. Etc. Vs. State of Karnataka ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : AIR1991Kant63; ILR1990KAR1882

..... in short, the publication in kannada is meant for local communication through the medium of the official language of the state. ..... the legislative intention for communication of intention in the spoken language of the masses which is kannada and which is also the official language of the state cannot be ignored. ..... the impugned notifications and notices are contrary to law for the following reasons:--(1) there is a failure to publish the notification of intention of regulating the marketing of specified agricultural produce in specified area as required under section 3(1) of the act and, therefore, the impugned notifications are bad in law; (2) the statutory compulsion to publish the notification in kannada in a news paper circulating in such area is mandatory and noncompliance is fatal; (3) non-notification in kannada as aforesaid renders section ..... they have also sought for a direction to the respondents to comply with the procedure laid-down under the karnataka agricultural produce marketing (regulation) act, 1966 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') for the purpose of establishing a market and, on establishment of the same, recover the market fee from the date of such establishment.3. ..... such a publication in kannada is also to enable the authorities to consider the objections and suggestions so offered and to take a decision to issue a final notification under sec. ..... state of maharashtra, : [1981]2scr866 . .....

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Jul 01 1996 (HC)

Dr. Amaresh Kumar Vs. Lakshmibai National College of Physical Educatio ...

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1997MP43

..... amicus curiae has brought to our notice a compilation of constitutional provisions of the official languages act, 1963, official language resolution 1968 and official language rules, 1976. ..... powers conferred on the parliament by article 343(3) of the constitution, the parliament passed the official languages act, 1963. ..... the import of article 35a held that the facilities for instruction in mother tongue at primary stage should be endeavoured of every state and by every local authority within the state to provide adequate facilities for instruction in the mother tongue at the primary stage of education to children. ..... attention to the resolution adopted by both the houses of parliament on 18th january, 1968 which reads as under :--'whereas under article 343 of the constitution hindi shall be the official language of the union, and under article 351 thereof it is the duty of the union to promote the spread of the hindi language and to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of india. ..... be contended that a student studying in a school from karnataka need not know the regional language. ..... association challenged the act of karnataka gov-ernment. ..... notification by the karnataka government in respect of language policy came before supreme court for consideration where it was made compulsory to study regional language of the state. ..... in fact, the government of karnataka has done commendably well in ..... state of karnataka, reported in .....

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