Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 603 · Decided 4 September 2014
H.A. Martin & Others v. Moses Thambi Pillai & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 603 · [2014] 9 S.C.R. 530
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8458/2014
- Decided
- 4 September 2014
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Registration Act Section 53
Headnote
Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 - s. 53 - Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC) - Whether a C 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 Act did not arise - Section 53 declares that every Society registered under the 1860 Act shall D 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 the operation of
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