resources including land and manpower in
order to efficiently perform the sovereign function of printing for the
Government of India. It is to achieve these ... steps with a long-
term vision to carry out the sovereign functions of the Government of
printing of government publications which include the statutes,
notifications
applicable against the State in its
governmental, public or sovereign function and the only exception
is that where it is necessary to prevent fraud
policy decision taken by the Central
Government in exercise of its sovereign functions and, hence, is not
amenable to judicial review. Ms. Bhati states that ... formulation of the Scheme is an
exercise of the „sovereign policy-making functions‟ of the Central
Government, which ought not to be interfered with unless
that the
impugned award is perverse and arbitrary. Petitioner is discharging sovereign
functions as a entity of Ministry of Finance. It employs about two thousand
medical field. As a
matter of fact, ICMR performs sovereign function. In order to
facilitate the research work in the medical field, the ICMR
established
rules. In prescribing the mode of
tiebreaking it is not a sovereign policy function of State Government
over which there should deservedly be no court
employ people having regard to various functions the
State undertakes to discharge.
''Every sovereign Government has within
its own jurisdiction right and power
easy to define what a public function or public duty is. It can reasonably be said that such functions as are similar ... closely related to those performable by the State in its sovereign capacity, are public functions. The primary activity of ICRISAT is to conduct research
Rules.
25. In conclusion, the State, in its sovereign powers and functions, has the
duty to prevent commission of offences under The Indian Penal Code
estoppel against the legislature in the exercise of its
legislative functions. The Constitution Bench in the case of M.
Ramanatha Pillai has approved the view ... will not be applied
against the State in its governmental, public or sovereign capacity.
It further held that the only exception with regard to applicability
