Supreme Court of India

Tekraj Vasandi Alias K.L. Basandhi v. Union of India & Others

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Reported as [1988] 2 S.C.R. 260
Bench Ranganath Misra and S. Ranganathan JJ.
Decided 10 December 1987

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Service matter-Dismissal from service as a result of disciplinary action-Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies-Whe­ ther 'State' within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution. The appellant, an employee of the Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies (l. .P.S., for short), was dismissed from service by order dated November 17, 1982, as a result of disciplinary action. He challenged the dismissal order by a writ petition before the High Court. The question whether the I. .P.S. was a 'State' within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution arose for

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