Supreme Court strikes down Karnataka law validating tainted 2011 recruitment

Bengaluru/New Delhi, Oct 30 (UNI) The Supreme Court has struck down a 2022 Karnataka law that sought to validate the controversial 2011 recruitment of Gazetted Probationers, holding that the legislature cannot overturn or nullify judicial decisions through subsequent legislation. A Bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran declared the Karnataka Civil Services (Validation of Selection and Appointment of 2011 Batch Gazetted Probationers) Act, 2022, unconstitutional, observing that the State Legislature could not undo the earlier judgments of the Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court, which had upheld the cancellation of the recruitment process over allegations of widespread…