sentences:  The action challenged the right of the University Council to award such funds to the SRC, and the subsequent right of the SRC to allocate those funds to the Australian Union of Students.In what was called the Kaye Judgement, the court ruled that the Student Service Fee was not a fee for services provided but was essentially a tax or charge.It was further ruled that the University of Melbourne was a "public authority exercising legislative powers", in that the University was unduly exercising a power in the absence of legislative approval from Parliament.