Public Service
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Public service, an activity however beneficial to the people and however useful cannot, be reasonably regarded as public service if is of a type which may be carried on by private individuals and is carried on by government with a distinct profit motive. By reason of the fact that a commercial undertaking is owned and run by the State it does not ipso facto become a 'public service', Satya Narain Singh v. District Engineer, AIR 1962 SC 1161 (1163): 1962 Supp (3) SCR 105.
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