Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 108 · Decided 28 January 2022
Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman, Mhow v. The Sub Divisional OFFICER/THE Registrar of Public Trusts & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 108 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 405
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 490/2022
- Decided
- 28 January 2022
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, S. RAVINDRA BHAT, BELA M. TRIVEDI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1)(c)
Headnote
M.P. Public Trusts Act, 1951 - s.14 - Sale etc. of property belonging to a public trust -Power conferred on the Registrar of public trusts u/s.14 to grant or withhold sanction - Ambit and scope - Held: From a reading of s.14(1) and that the grant or refusal of sanction by the Registrar have to be based on either "the directions in the instrument of trust", or "any direction given under this (i.e., M.P. Public Trusts Act) or any other law by any court" - The discretion is relatable to
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