doing sovereign function before the CGIT and in any case the function being discharged by the petitioner cannot be treated as sovereign function.
6. Obviously ... sovereign function and, therefore, it would qualify for exemption. However, the function being discharged by the petitioner cannot be treated as sovereign function which would
case law on the question as to
what constitutes „sovereign‟ or „non-sovereign‟ function, it
appears that the courts have taken a very narrow view ... external security, grant of pardon.
So, the dichotomy between sovereign and non-sovereign
function could be found by finding which of the functions
very
wide ramification but essentially sovereign functions are
primary inalienable functions which only State could exercise.
Thus, various functions of the State, may be ramifications ... external security,
grant of pardon. So, the dichotomy between sovereign and
non-sovereign function could be found by finding which of
the functions
very
wide ramification but essentially sovereign functions are
primary inalienable functions which only State could exercise.
Thus, various functions of the State, may be ramifications ... external security,
grant of pardon. So, the dichotomy between sovereign and non-
sovereign function could be found by finding which of the
functions
entrusted to any private
entity, thereby rendering the said function, sovereign. Sovereign
functions, Mr. Mahajan points out, stand, even by Bangalore Water
Supply1, excluded from ... Sovereign functions of the State cannot be
included although one such functions has been aptly termed 'the
primary and inalienable functions of a constitutional government
sovereign
functions as defined in Section 54 of the Competition Act and the
functions performed by ICAI could not be termed as sovereign
functions ... sovereign functions.
However, even if it is accepted that the function of regulation of a
profession is relatable to the sovereign functions of the Government
Court in various judgements has touched upon the dichotomy between
„sovereign‟ and „non-sovereign‟ functions.
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Signature ... sovereign". State activities are multifarious. From the primal
sovereign power, which exclusively inalienably could be
exercised by the Sovereign alone, which is not subject
liquor business conducted by the State was part of
its sovereign functions and in doing so, he restricted the observations in
Ashok Harikuni (supra ... perform some sovereign
functions, while other functions performed by it, and the
activities undertaken by it, may not refer to sovereign
functions. The exemption under
action, the shrinking islands of immunity of so-called regal or sovereign functions of the State, the impact of the expanding scope of the industrial ... fast disappearing primarily because the whole concept of regal and sovereign functions had its genesis in the early institution of monarchy or of a government
carrying on a business in the ordinary commercial sense. Sovereign functions of the state are outside the pale of "business".
(33) Business ... governmental functions" (Ladu Lal Jain p. 168-1). In other words, is it a governmental function or a non-governmental function
