Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 242 · Decided 3 April 2014
A.P.N.G.O.'S Association v. Government of Andhra Pradesh & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 242 · [2014] 4 S.C.R. 637
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4383/2014
- Decided
- 3 April 2014
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
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 A B c by single Judge of High Court - Division Bench quashing the sale - Held: Purpose in favour of a D 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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