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Calcutta High Court: Writ petition under Article 226 not maintainable against Bar Association; To be challenged before competent court of law

Alipore Bar Association being not a state “other authority” or “agency or instrumentality” of the state within Article 12 and “authority or person” discharging public function within the meaning of Article 226, writ against Alipore Bar Association that too in the matter of election to the Bar Association is not maintainable.

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Whether Air Force Group Insurance Society, Air HQs Non-public Fund Organization, and CRPF Employees Educational Society be treated as ‘State’ under Article 12? Delhi High Court rules

Even though petitioners have claimed that deduction of an amount of their contribution to the Society is permitted by the Ministry of Finance and that the land to run the Society is allocated by the Government, we find that purpose to provide aid in the form of sanction and land to the Society is to enable it to function smoothly to the benefit of its members. However, this does not establish that these functionaries are being run by the Air Force or the Central Government.

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Bombay High Court | Writ Petitions against Air India by its employees cease to be maintainable after privatization

Bombay High Court: In total 4 writ petitions were filed against Air India Ltd./AIL (‘respondent’) by the AIL employees (‘petitioners’),