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.