Supreme Court of India
K. Kumara Gupta v. Sri Markendaya and Sri Omkareswara Swamy Temple & Ors
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the impugned judgment and order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court is unsustainable and deserves to be quashed and set aside and is accordingly quashed and set aside.
Judgment, page 22
From the headnote
Auction: Auction conducted on 26.06.1998 by the Executi ve Officer of the Temple Trust following due procedure under the provisions of the Endowments Act 1987 – Appellant was the highe st bidder – After confirming the sale in favour of the appell ant by the Commissioner, the appellant deposited the balance a mount – Thereafter, sale deed was held confirmed and executed in the year 1998 – On challenge before High Court, re-auction of the prop erty was ordered after a period of more than 23 years so lely on the basis of the offer made by one JK in the year 1998 an d the offer made by one LKR
Authorities it was built on
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- 1997 Reliance Industries Ltd. v. Pravinbhai Jasbhai Patel and Ors.
- 2000 Divya Manufacturing Co. (p) Ltd. Tirupati Woollen Mills Shramik Shangharsh Samity and Anr. v. Union Bank of Lndia and Ors. Official Liquidator and Ors.
- 2000 Union Bank of India v. Official Liquidator H.C. of Calcutta and Ors.
- 1959 Mahant Ram Saroop Dasji v. S. P. Sari, Special Officer-in-charge of the Hindu Religious Trusts and Others
- 1965 Parmananda Mahapatra v. Commissioner of Hindu Religious Endowments, Orissa and Others
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