Supreme Court of India

W. N. Allal Sundaram v. The Commissioner H.R. & C.E. Admn. Department & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 194
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 22 November 2019

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Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959: ss. 63(d) and 6(19) – Trust – Whether a private family Tru st or a ‘specific endowment’ falling under purview of the Ac t – Held: The ‘Deed of Settlement’ entrusted construction of c houltry to be specifically utilised for the purpose of extending facil ities to pilgrims who visited ‘ Devasthanam’ i.e. for the use of general public – Thus, the property was endowed specifically for the perfo rmance of a religious charity in the temple and was covered within the s cope of definition of ‘specific endowment’ in s. 6(19). Words and

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