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Ramakrishna Mission & Anr. v. Kago Kunya & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 5 S.C.R. 452
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 28 February 2019

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What the Court ordered

We hold that neither the Ramakrishna Mission, nor the hospital would constitute an authority within the meaning of Article 226 of the Constitution.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Arts.12 and 226 – Whether appel lant- institution is an authority and hence amenable to writ jurisdiction – Respondent (employee of the hospital run by the app ellant) filed petition u/Art. 226 challenging communication by th e appellant regarding his superannuation – Preliminary objection as regards maintainability of the petition as the appellant or the hospi tal were not a State within meaning of Art. 12 – Single Judge of Hi gh Court held that appellants were State within meaning of Art. 12 and decided the case on merit – Division Bench of High Court he ld that the

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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