Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 662 · Decided 30 September 2013
Vinodkumar M. Malavia ETC. v. Maganlal Mangaldas Gameti & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 662 · [2013] 14 S.C.R. 396
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8800/2013
- Decided
- 30 September 2013
- Bench
- S.S. NIJJAR, PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 25, 26; Registration Act Section 5, 13
Headnote
Societies Registration Act, 1860 - ss. 5 and 13 - Bombay C Public Trusts Act, 1950 - ss. 18, 36, 50A and 72 - Purported unification of six churches including the First District Church of the Brethren (FDCB) into a single entity, the Church of North India (CNI) - Claim of FDCB with CNI resulted in dissolution of FDCB making CNI o its legal successor and controller of its properties - Held: Not tenable - The unification had no legal foundation whatsoever - FDCB was a religious society registered under the Societies Registration Act and its property
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