LAWS(BOM)-1993-5-5

PESI SHROFF Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided On May 02, 1993
PESI SHROFF Appellant
V/S
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PESI Shroff is a flat racing jockey of repute. The Royal Western India Turf Club (`the Turf Club) denied to him the racing licence for the racing calendar 1992-1993. Aggrieved thereby, he has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, against the Turf Club for restoration of his licence.

(2.) PRELIMINARY jurisdictional point which we were called upon to decide is, whether this writ petition is maintainable.

(3.) WHETHER the Turf Club is a "state" within the extended meaning given to the said term under Article 12 of the Constitution?