Supreme Court of India

A.p.n.g.o.'s Association v. Government of Andhra Pradesh & Others

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Reported as [2014] 4 S.C.R. 637
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and J. Chelameswar JJ.
Decided 3 April 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the Division Bench erred in interfering with the judgment of the learned Single Judge.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

ANDHRA PRADESH CHARITABLE AND HINDU RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1987: s. 80 - Sale of land belonging to Charitable and Religious Endowment - Writ petition challenging the sale - Dismissed c by single Judge of High Court - Division Bench quashing the sale - Held: Purpose of making an endowment in favour of a deity is to generate income for various services required to be rendered to the deity - It has come on record that the interest on the sale proceeds will fetch much higher than the income the land was getting - Therefore, prospect of getting a higher income is certainly

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