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Q. Identify the entities from the list which come under the “State” according to Indian Constitution.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:


A

1, 2 and 3 only
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2, 3 and 4 only
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1 and 4 only
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1, 2, 3 and 4
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Solution

The correct option is D
1, 2, 3 and 4

The term ‘State’ has been used in different provisions concerning the fundamental rights. Hence, Article 12 has defined the term for the purposes of Part III. According to it, the State includes the following:

(a) Government and Parliament of India, that is, executive and legislative organs of the Union government.

(b) Government and legislature of states, that is, executive and legislative organs of state government.

(c) All local authorities, that is, municipalities, panchayats, district boards, improvement trusts, etc.

(d) All other authorities, that is, statutory or non-statutory authorities like LIC, ONGC, SAIL, RBI etc.

Thus, the State has been defined in a wider sense so as to include all its agencies. It is the actions of these agencies that can be challenged in the courts as violating the Fundamental Rights. According to the Supreme Court, even a private body or an agency

working as an instrument of the State falls within the meaning of the ‘State’ under Article 12.


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