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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Reported as [1959] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 583
Bench Sudhi Ranjan Das J.
Decided 15 April 1959

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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

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