NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stopped the Karnataka government from declaring the results of the half-yearly public examinations for classes 8 to 10 across the state and told the state not to make it an “ego issue” and focus on providing good schools for students rather than adding to their pressure by holding such examinations. The Supreme Court building (ANI) A bench comprising justices Bela M Trivedi and SC Sharma passed the order after parents of several students represented through associations of unaided recognised schools complained about non-compliance with the court’s interim order passed in April restraining the holding of such examination. “The respondents (state authorities) shall not declare results of half-yearly examination for classes 8, 9 and 10 for any of the districts till further orders,” the bench said. The case has been posted after four weeks. Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat, who appeared for the state government, assured the bench that the results were not being declared for this examination and that there was no attempt to violate the court order. The …