Supreme Court of India
Mahant Ram Saroop Dasji v. S. P. Sari, Special Officer-in-charge of the Hindu Religious Trusts and Others
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the defini tion clause does not include within its ambit private trusts and the Act and its provisions do not apply to such trusts.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Hindu Religious Trusts-Private Trusts-Applicability of Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act-Religious Endowments, public and private-Distinction between-Definition of "religious trust " -Scope and Effect-Bihar Hindu Religious Trnsts Act, z950 (Bihar I of z95z), SS. 2(I), 4(5), ]O(I), 32, 48· The appellant as the Mahant of the Salouna asthal made an application in the High Court under Art. 226 of the Constitu tion praying inter alia for the issue of a writ quashing the order of the Bihar State Board of Religious Trusts requiring the appel lant to submit a return of income and expenditure under
Where later benches applied it
- 2020 The Idol of Sri Renganathaswamy Represented by its Executive Officer, Joint Commissioner v. Pk Thoppulan Chettiar, Ramanuja Koodam Anandhana Trust, Rep. by its Managing Trustee and Ors.
- 2022 K. Kumara Gupta v. Sri Markendaya and Sri Omkareswara Swamy Temple & Ors
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