LOK 2026 (11) SC 63 · Supreme Court of India
Chairman, National Book Trust India v. A.R. Abdul Gaffar
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1202
SubjectConstitutional Law
ActsThe Constitution of India, Societies Registration Act, 1860, 310 and 311, Constitution of India
National Book Trust, a society set up by Government resolution under deep and pervasive Government control, is "State" under Article 12; this does not make its employees Government servants.
