The question (10 marks)
A cricket board, registered as a society, receives no Government funds, selects the national team, and disciplines players. A research council, also a registered society, was created by a Government Resolution, has the Prime Minister as its ex officio President, and cannot amend its bye-laws without Government sanction. Employees of both complain of arbitrary termination and wish to move the Supreme Court under Article 32. Advise them, with reference to Article 12 and the case law from Ajay Hasia to Zee Telefilms.
MU-pattern problem on Article 12; built on the Unit 2 Article 12 chapter and the Pradeep Kumar Biswas reading, both gated on the DU LB-401 extracts and the KLE compilation.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 2 · Fundamental Rights I: State, Judicial Review, Equality, Freedoms, Life and Liberty of Constitutional Law – I.
Authorities you will need
- Article 12; Articles 32 and 226
- Ajay Hasia v Khalid Mujib Sehravardi (1981)
- Pradeep Kumar Biswas v Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (2002)
- Zee Telefilms Ltd v Union of India (2005)
- G. Basi Reddy v ICRISAT (2003)
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