https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199765 An employee of a statutory corporation with separate legal personality, its own fund, power to appoint and remove staff, and autonomy in daily administration is not treated as holding an office under the Government merely because the undertaking is nationalised and subject to broad policy supervision. The employee therefore did not attract disqualification under Article 191(1)(a). However, valid regulations made under parliamentary authority can themselves create a disqualification under Article 191(1)(e), and a rule prohibiting employees from contesting elections was treated as law for that purpose. The nomination rejection was ultimately sustained on that alternative constitutional ground. en-us Thu, 23 Jan 1958 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:25:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199765 An employee of a statutory corporation with separate legal personality, its own fund, power to appoint and remove staff, and autonomy in daily administration is not treated as holding an office under the Government merely because the undertaking is nationalised and subject to broad policy supervision. The employee therefore did not attract disqualification under Article 191(1)(a). However, valid regulations made under parliamentary authority can themselves create a disqualification under Article 191(1)(e), and a rule prohibiting employees from contesting elections was treated as law for that purpose. The nomination rejection was ultimately sustained on that alternative constitutional ground. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 23 Jan 1958 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199765