Supreme Court of India

H.A. Martin & Others v. Moses Thambi Pillai & Others

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Reported as [2014] 9 S.C.R. 530
Decided 4 September 2014

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Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 - s. 53 - Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC) - Whether a Society registered under the Act in view of s. 53 - Held: TELC is not a Society governed by the provisions of the Act - Act is not applicable to TELC at all - Thus, the issue of exemption from the provisions of the Act did not arise - Section 53 declares that every Society registered under the 1860 Act shall be deemed to be registered under the 1975 Act - Such construction is not called for in view of the scheme of the Act and more particularly scheme of s. 4 - s. 4(3) expressly excludes

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