https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305153 Office bearers of a private cricket association were not public servants under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 merely because they were involved in purchasing land for a proposed stadium. The Court noted that a public duty requires an obligation in which the State, the public, or the community at large has a legal interest, and that a public servant under Section 2(c)(viii) must hold an office authorising or requiring performance of such duty. As no statutory duty or governmental direction was shown, the land purchase was only an antecedent step to an intended project and not the discharge of a public duty. The FIR, vigilance enquiry, and related proceedings were therefore not maintainable. en-us Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 08:52:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305153 Office bearers of a private cricket association were not public servants under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 merely because they were involved in purchasing land for a proposed stadium. The Court noted that a public duty requires an obligation in which the State, the public, or the community at large has a legal interest, and that a public servant under Section 2(c)(viii) must hold an office authorising or requiring performance of such duty. As no statutory duty or governmental direction was shown, the land purchase was only an antecedent step to an intended project and not the discharge of a public duty. The FIR, vigilance enquiry, and related proceedings were therefore not maintainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305153