Company in which Majority shareholding is of Government and who is under direct control of Ministry is Government Company

Balmer Lawrie and Co. Ltd. Vs Partha Sarathi Sen Roy (Supreme Court of India) FULL TEXT OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT JUDGMENT Dr. B.S. Chauhan, J. These appeals have been preferred against the impugned judgments and orders of the High Court of Calcutta dated 30.1.2002 and 24.12.2002 in FMA No. 301/2001, CO. 2038/1993, WP. Nos. 778/1992, 2613, 2798 & 3169/2000, 1109/1998 and 1739/1996, by which the Calcutta High Court by a majority decision held that the Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd.- appellant, is a State within the purview of Article 12 of the Constitution of India, 1950 (hereinafter ref...