Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib
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ajay-hasia-v-khalid-mujib-190-8043519
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Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib
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Ajay Hasia v Khalid Mujib, (1981) 1 SCC 722, was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of India in which the Court laid down a test to determine whether an individual, corporation, or society was an instrumentality or agency of the government, and therefore whether it could be considered a State for the purposes of Article 12 of the Constitution of India. If a body is 'State' for the purposes of Article 12, a writ can lie against them for violating the Constitution. The judgment of the Court,
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2023-06-02T22:31:41Z
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