https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=101012 The court dismissed the challenge to the nomination papers for the executive committee election of Bengal Chamber of Commerce, ruling that the Chamber does not qualify as a State under Article 12 of the Constitution. The petitioners' argument that the Chamber should be considered a State based on its activities and historical authorizations was rejected. The court clarified that entities must be authorities whose orders citizens are bound to obey to fall under Article 12, emphasizing that bodies created under general statutes like the Companies Act do not meet this criteria. As a result, the application was dismissed, and no costs were awarded to the petitioners. en-us Tue, 19 Apr 1983 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:50:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=101012 The court dismissed the challenge to the nomination papers for the executive committee election of Bengal Chamber of Commerce, ruling that the Chamber does not qualify as a State under Article 12 of the Constitution. The petitioners' argument that the Chamber should be considered a State based on its activities and historical authorizations was rejected. The court clarified that entities must be authorities whose orders citizens are bound to obey to fall under Article 12, emphasizing that bodies created under general statutes like the Companies Act do not meet this criteria. As a result, the application was dismissed, and no costs were awarded to the petitioners. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 19 Apr 1983 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=101012