Business Case Studies & Business Publications

The Airport Authority of India Case: Pub...

Pathak, Akhileshwa...

Case

The Airport Authority of India Case: Public Corporations and the Fundamental Rights

Pathak, Akhileshwar

IIMA-BP0411 | Published January 19, 2018 | 12 pages Case

Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Add To Cart Buy Now

Product Details

Product Overview
Learning Objectives

The Fundamental Rights, guaranteed by the Constitution of India, are very substantive rights. The rights, however, are available only against the State as defined in Article 12 of the Constitution. The definition of State includes the Union and States' legislatures and executive. The meaning of these terms is clear and definite. The last entry in the definition is Other Authorities. This term has been subject to judicial interpretations. The Airport Authority of India Case was a landmark judgement expanding the scope of Other Authorities. It formulated that a public corporation, which was an instrumentality or agency of the government, should be considered as Other Authority.

Scope of 'state' for the application of the Fundamental Rights; Award of contracts by public corporations; Rise of the public corporations and the extension of the Fundamental Rights