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2022 Supreme(SC) 1043

HEMANT GUPTA, SUDHANSHU DHULIA
Aishat Shifa – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate appeared:
For the parties Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG Mr. Prabhuling Navadgi, Adv. General Mr. Gaurav Bhatia, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nikhil Goel, AAG Mr. Prasanna Deshpande, AAG Mr. Aruna Shyam, AAG Mr. YH Vijay Kumar, AAG Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Aneesh Shahade, Adv. Mr. Vishal Banshal, Adv. Ms. Rajeshwari Shankar, Adv. Mr. Niroop Sukirthy, Adv. Mohd. Ovais, Adv. Mr. Sushal Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Adithya Koshi Roy, Adv. Mr. Chitransh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nakul Chengappa KK, Adv. Mr. Aditya Vaibhav Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Aneesh Shahade, Adv. Mr. Kartik Kaushal, Adv. Mr. Siddharta Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. Vinayaka S. Pandit, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Adv. Mr. H. Vinayaka S. Pandit, Adv. Mr. Rajan Parmar, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Sabharwal, Adv. Ms. Vidhi T., Adv. Mr. Mehmood Umar Faruqui, Adv. Ms. Koshy John, Adv. Ms. Asifa Rashid Mir, Adv. Mr. Shereef K.A., Adv. Mr. Mohd. Tahir, Adv. Mr. Muhammed Azaruddin, Adv. 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JUDGMENT :

HEMANT GUPTA, J.

1. The challenge in the present appeals is to an order passed by the Full Bench of the Karnataka High Court on 15.3.2022, dismissing the challenge to the Government Order dated 5.2.2022. Such Government Order directed the Government Schools in Karnataka to abide by the prescribed uniform, and the private schools were directed to mandate a uniform as decided by their Board of Management.

PREFACE

2. Before adverting to the submissions made by the counsels on both sides, it is imperative to give a background of the ethos and principles of secularism adopted in the Constitution of India. Though the term ‘secular’ has a wide amplitude and has been understood differently in different parts of the world, it is important to comprehend the same in context of the Indian Constitution.

3. The word “secular” is now part of the Preamble of the Constitution. What is meant by “Secular” ( iaFkfujis{k in the Hindi version of the Constitution) needs to be discussed first. The word ‘Secular’ was inserted in the Preamble of the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment w.e.f. 3.1.19


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