Karnataka High Court while disposing the PIL filed challenging the qualification/eligibility criteria for appointment of Vice Chancellor of the Karnataka State Law University, Hubbali noted that the petitioner is not a person aggrieved by the notification.
The Karnataka High Court dismisses a PIL with the prayer to quash the circular issued by the Commissioner Health and Family Welfare services (respondent no.1) for simplifying the process of registration of private medical establishments under the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act, 3 2007.
The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty have heard the counsels for the parties at length and observed that it is a salutary principle of law that a public property needs to be dealt with in the manner prescribed in law.
Karnataka High Court have perused the record and observed that in ‘PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES vs UNION OF INDIA & OTHERS’ (WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.196/2001), the Supreme Court directed that freshly cooked meals be provided to children in all the Government schools across the country.
The Court can interfere with the policy decision only when it suffers from manifest illegality or is shown to be per se arbitrary. The challenge to the policy decision must be made before the execution of the project, observed the Bench.