Linguistic Minority College Can’t Remove Employee in Contravention of Karnataka Education Act: HC - News18
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The HC said that Section 97 and 98 protects all employees of educational institutions (File Photo) Karnataka HC has ruled that a college cannot fire staff for violating the Karnataka Education Act (KEA), 1983, by hiding behind the label of linguistic minority A college cannot hide behind the linguistic minority tag and remove employees in contravention to the provisions of the Karnataka Education Act (KEA), 1983, the High Court of Karnataka has said. Dismissing an appeal filed by Rajarajeshwari Dental College and Hospital, the high court said it could not, in this case, go by the submission that the apex court in TMA PAI (case) has differentiated unaided minority educational institutions from other educational Institutions, whereby the provisions of Section 98(1) of the 1983 Act cannot be invoked. “The reason for this is obvious: the 1983 Act is a plenary legislation which enjoys a very strong presumption of validity,” the bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justic