Judiciary as the State ..
The scrutiny of the issue as to whether the High Court is a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Indian Constitution attracted my attention for reading the judgment discussed herein. It’s strenuous task for any legal expert to give exact scope and meaning of the term ‘State’ defined under Article 12 of the Constitution. Here I have no intention to revisit all judicial pronouncements involving different tests, meanings and interpretations in relation to the State. I have simply attempted to put down certain things which were scrutinized by two judges bench of The High Court of Judicature of Bombay in the recent case of National Federation of the Blind Maharashtra and Anr. Vs. The High Court of Judicature of Bombay 1 . With this petition, one more Public Interest Litigation was clubbed and decided by the Hon’ble High Court, which was transferred from Aurangabad Bench. Factual background giving rise to these petitions had arisen out of an advertisemen