Supreme Court of India

Narayan Bhagwantrao Gosavi Balajiwale v. Gopal Vinayak Gosavi and Others

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Reported as [1960] 1 S.C.R. 773
Bench Sudhi Ranjan Das J.
Decided 22 September 1959

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We hold that Gosavi the admissions and the revenue records remain un- contradicted.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Charitable and Religious Trust-Test-Inference drawn from documents, if and when a question of law-Burden of proof, meaning of-Admission, evidcntiary value of-Frame of suit-Deity, if a necessary party-Charitable and Religious Ti•usts Act, z920 (I4 of z920), s. 5(3). The question for determination in this appeal, arising out of a suit filed by the appellant under s. 5(3) of the Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920, was whether the ancient temple of Shri Balaji Venkatesh at Nasik and its Sansthan constituted a charitable and religious trust within the meaning of the Act. The deity was

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