ill_formed = [[5,3,4,6,7,8,9,1,2],
              [6,7,2,1,9,5,3,4,8],
              [1,9,8,3,4,2,5,6,7],
              [8,5,9,7,6,1,4,2,3],
              [4,2,6,8,5,3,7,9],  # <---
              [7,1,3,9,2,4,8,5,6],
              [9,6,1,5,3,7,2,8,4],
              [2,8,7,4,1,9,6,3,5],
              [3,4,5,2,8,6,1,7,9]]

# check_sudoku should return True
valid = [[5,3,4,6,7,8,9,1,2],
         [6,7,2,1,9,5,3,4,8],
         [1,9,8,3,4,2,5,6,7],
         [8,5,9,7,6,1,4,2,3],
         [4,2,6,8,5,3,7,9,1],
         [7,1,3,9,2,4,8,5,6],
         [9,6,1,5,3,7,2,8,4],
         [2,8,7,4,1,9,6,3,5],
         [3,4,5,2,8,6,1,7,9]]

# check_sudoku should return False
invalid = [[5,3,4,6,7,8,9,1,2],
           [6,7,2,1,9,5,3,4,8],
           [1,9,8,3,8,2,5,6,7],
           [8,5,9,7,6,1,4,2,3],
           [4,2,6,8,5,3,7,9,1],
           [7,1,3,9,2,4,8,5,6],
           [9,6,1,5,3,7,2,8,4],
           [2,8,7,4,1,9,6,3,5],
           [3,4,5,2,8,6,1,7,9]]

# check_sudoku should return True
easy = [[2,9,0,0,0,0,0,7,0],
        [3,0,6,0,0,8,4,0,0],
        [8,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,2],
        [0,2,0,0,3,1,0,0,7],
        [0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0],
        [1,0,0,9,5,0,0,6,0],
        [7,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,1],
        [0,0,1,2,0,0,3,0,6],
        [0,3,0,0,0,0,0,5,9]]

# check_sudoku should return True
hard = [[1,0,0,0,0,7,0,9,0],
        [0,3,0,0,2,0,0,0,8],
        [0,0,9,6,0,0,5,0,0],
        [0,0,5,3,0,0,9,0,0],
        [0,1,0,0,8,0,0,0,2],
        [6,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0],
        [3,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0],
        [0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,7],
        [0,0,7,0,0,0,3,0,0]]

import numpy

def check_ill_formed(grid):
    assert len(grid) == 9

    s = set()
    for l in grid:
        if len(l) != 9:
            return False        
        s|=set(l)
        
    res = s - set([0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9])
    
    if len(res) != 0:
        return False
    
    return True        

def check_line(li):
    li = [i for i in li if i!=0]
    if not len(li) == len(set(li)):
        return False
    else:
        return True

def check_sudoku(grid):
    if not check_ill_formed(grid):
        return None
    #check lines
    for c in numpy.array_split(grid,9,0):
        if not check_line(list(c.flatten())):
            return False
    #check columns
    for c in numpy.array_split(grid,9,1):
        if not check_line(list(c.flatten())):
            return False
    
    #check subgrids
    for c in numpy.array_split(grid,3,1):
        for r in numpy.array_split(c,3,0):
            if not check_line(list(r.flatten())):
                return False
    return True

assert check_sudoku(ill_formed) == None
assert check_sudoku(valid) == True
assert check_sudoku(invalid) == False
assert check_sudoku(easy) == True
assert check_sudoku(hard) == True