Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 523 · Decided 26 September 2003
Illachi Devi (D) BY LRS. and ORS. v. Jain Society, Protection of Orphans India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 523 · [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 62
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8080/2003
- Decided
- 26 September 2003
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Companies Act Section 2(7); Registration Act; Succession Act Section 218, 223, 236
Headnote
-DEVI (D) BY LRS. AND ORS. v. JAIN SOCIETY, PROTECTION OF'ORPHANS INDIA AND ORS. SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 B [V.N. KHARE, CJ. AND S.B. SINHA, J.] Indian Succession Act ss.218, 223, 236-Whether society registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 can obtain letters of administration­ H<dd, Indian Succession Act, s.236 and Companies Act, 1956 s.2(7)­ . Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, I 860 and company under Companies Act, 1956-Distinction explained-Held, society is not D a company; company enjoys identity distinct from its originai shareholders
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