Supreme Court of India
Commissioner of Endowments and Ors. v. Vittal Rao and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the above summary in Mulla is a correct statement of the law.
Judgment, page 31
From the headnote
Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987; Ss. 1(3) 14, 16, 42, 80(/)(a) and (b)/Andhra Pradesh (Telengana Areas) Wakf Rules; Rule 156 : Donation of land by one person to another for the purpose of construction of a temple-Right of Successor of donee as trustee of the temple-Held : Nature of an endowment, public or private, could be ascertained by applying certain tests/guidelines-Division Bench of the High Court rightly held that since the gift made in respect of the temple land in favour of ancestor of respondent was absolute, temple constructed
Authorities it was built on
- 1982 State of Maharashtra v. Ramdas Shrinivas Nayak & Anr.
- 1991 Byram Pestonfl Gariwala v. Union Bank of India and Ors.
- 1951 Ramnandan Prasad Narayan Singh v. Mahanth Kapildeo Ram Jee and Another
- 1981 Barendra Prasad Ray & Ors. v. The Income-tax Officer 'a' Ward Foreign Section and Ors.
- 1962 Nedunuri Kameswaramma v. Sampati Subba Rao
- 1976 Syed Mohd. Salie Labbai (dead) by L.rs. and Ors. v. Mohd. Hanifs (dead) by L.rs. and Ors.
- 1964 Income-tax Officer, A-ward, Sitapur v. Murlidhar Bhagwandas, Lakhimpur Kheri
- 2000 Madhvi Amma Bhawani Amma and Ors. v. Kunjikutty Pillai Meenakshi Pillai and Ors.
- 1962 Vlthal Yeshwant Jathar v. Shikandarkhan Makhtumkhan Sardesai
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