Supreme Court · 1959 INSC 33 · Decided 15 April 1959
Mahant Moti Das v. S. P. Sahi, the Special Officer in Charge of Hindu Religious Trusts & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1959 INSC 33 · [1959] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 563
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 225/1955
- Decided
- 15 April 1959
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, S.K. DAS, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, M. HIDAYATULLAH (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 28, 29, 32
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 563 MAHANT MOTI DAS v. S. P. SAHI, THE SPECIAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF HINDU H,ELIGIOUS TRUSTS & OTHEH,S (and connected appeals) (S. R. DAS, c. J., s. K. DAS, P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K. N. WANCHOO and M. HIDAYATULLAH, JJ.) Hindu Religious Trusts-Constitutional validity of of reli­ gion-Levy of a fe§ for the expenses of administration of Act­ Legality-Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act, r950 (Bihar I of r95r), ss. 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 28, 29, 32, 55(2), 60, 70-Constitution of India, Arts. r4, r9(r)(j), r9(5), 25, 26, 27. The appellants as the Mahants of
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