Not mandatory for educational institutions to hoist National Flag, Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court yesterday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought a direction to hoist the National Flag compulsorily at an anganwadi in Kalaburagi district.

After perusing the material on record, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Hemant Chandangoudar stated that under the Flag Code of India, 2002 (the Code), there is no legal obligation to display or hoist the National Flag in educational institutes including anganwadis.