ARMY WELFARE EDUCATION SOCIETY NEW DELHIversusSUNIL KUMAR SHARMA & ORS. ETC.
Case No.: CIVIL APPEAL No. 7256/2024
Decision Date: 09-07-2024
Disposal: Appeal(s) allowed
Neutral Citation: 2024INSC501

J.B. PARDIWALA*, MANOJ MISRA Issue for Consideration a. Whether the appellant Army Welfare Education Society is a “State” within Article 12 of the Constitution of India so as to make a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution maintainable against it. In other words, whether a service dispute realm involving a private educational institution and its employees can be adjudicated upon in a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution; b. Even if it is assumed that the appellant Army Welfare Education Society is a body performing public duty amenable to writ jurisdiction, 

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