Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 239 · Decided 11 December 1973
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Bansi Dhar and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 239 · [1974] 2 S.C.R. 679
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1844/1967
- Decided
- 11 December 1973
- Bench
- D.G. PALEKAR, V.R. KRISHNA IYER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
679 Public Trust-Doctrine of cypres, if applicable to non-testamentary gl/ts­ Conditions for Its applicability-General object, when inferred-Applicability of s. 83, Trusts Act (2 of 1882) to public trusts. In 1945, a donation of Rs. 30,000 was made for building a 6-bed hospital for women on an by the 'donor with a matching co~tribution from the government and with any other voluntary donation. The donor died in 1947 and ell that was done by that time was to lay a foundation stone. In 1952, the sons of the donor filed a suit for return of the .Rs. 30,000 on, the ground that the
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