BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Friday said it would not countenance the closure of any school on the issue of language policy if the institution gave an undertaking that it would teach only in Kannada, the medium of instruction it had been permitted to do so.

The court clarified that it would not come in the way of Government taking action against institutions that wilfully violated the Government Order on the medium of instruction.

The court said if such educational institutions came before the court and gave an undertaking that they would impart education in Kannada, it would be difficult to close down such schools.

Justice B.S. Patil, who made these observations, was hearing a petition by KLES Kannada primary school in Savadatti, Belgaum district, which had challenged a Government Order of August 31cancelling the recognition of the school, on the ground that it had violated the language policy by imparting teaching in English.

Challenging the order, the school said it was teaching only in Kannada and that the medium of instruction from the 1st to 4th standard was Kannada.

It said the Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) on June 22, 2006 issued a show cause notice asking why action should not be taken against it for flouting the language policy.

It said on August 31, the DDPI issued a notification withdrawing the recognition.

The institution said it was not imparting education in English and the DDPI order was illegal and erroneous.

It urged the court to quash the notification.

The Government advocate submitted that notices were issued to schools only if they violated the language policy.

Justice B.S. Patil directed the Director of Public Instruction to inspect the school and submit within three weeks a report to the court.

Fake certificates

The Karnataka High Court has taken serious note of concocted and false medical certificates produced in court and asked the Karnataka Medical Council (KMC) to initiate action, if any, against such errant doctors who issued them in a casual manner.

It directed the Director of Health and Family Welfare to inquire into the veracity of six medical certificates produced by a resident of Belgaum and take action against the doctor of Government Hospital in Belgaum if he had issued the certificates in an improper manner.

Passing these orders, Justice D.V. Shylendra Kumar on Wednesday said it was necessary to take note of such medical certificates, which were issued in a casual manner by responsible medical officers in government hospitals.

He said court proceedings were serious and any affidavit sworn to by the parties should be true and not concocted.

Rejecting an application to condone 628 days of delay in filing an appeal against a decree passed by a Belgaum court, Justice Shylendra Kumar said six medical certificates were issued by a government doctor and "a mere glance at them is sufficient to betray the hollowness of the certificates and the most casual and negligent manner in which they are issued".

He said although the certificates had the signature of a person, the name of the doctor issuing the certificates could not be recognised.

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