Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 47 · Decided 9 February 1971
Bihar State Board Religious Trust, Patna v. Mahant Sri Biseshwar Das
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 47 · [1971] 3 S.C.R. 680
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 407/1967
- Decided
- 9 February 1971
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Bihai· Hindu Religious Trusts Act (I of 1951), s: 2(1)-Mutt-Pro­ _perty gifAed personally to first mahant-Passing in succession from Guru to Chela-Whether public religious trust within meaning of section-Tests. Gaibi Ramdasji was. the recipient of certain lands from the the Maharaja of temple and certain residential buildinas were constructed. The estate -came to be known as Kamlabari asth•l. Gaibi ltamdasji was succeeded in the office of Mahant by his che/Q and thereafter succession to the Mahantship was froin Guru to Che/a. The respondent who was the reigning Mahant at
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