BENGALURU: The Supreme Court recently issued a notice to the state government in response to a special leave petition challenging the appointment of Justice S R Nayak as the Chairman of Karnataka Law Commission.
The notice was issued to the state government by a bench headed by Justice T S Thakur after hearing the special leave petition filed by H M Farooq, a resident of Sankey Road in the city on Wednesday.
Farooq filed the petition against the order of a division bench of Karnataka High Court rejecting a writ petition challenging the appointment of Justice Nayak on January 29, 2015.
Farooq contended that Justice Nayak has no authority to hold and continue in the office as Chairman of the Commission as his appointment is non-est (a plea that a written agreement is invalid) in law. Justice Nayak was ineligible for further employment under the state government or the Central Government as he was served as the Chairman of Karnataka State Human Rights Commission from 2007 to 2012, he claimed.
Justice Nayak was appointed chairman of the Commission on June 26, 2014.