https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292355 The Supreme Court of India construed the Bihar Hindu Religious Trust Act, 1950 as confined to public religious trusts, reading the definition clause with the Act's scheme on supervision, cy-pres application, scheme settlement, trustee removal, and its link to earlier public-endowment legislation. Although the definition of "religious trust" was broad in form, it was not extended to private religious trusts. On that construction, the constitutional challenge under Article 19(1)(f) did not require final determination. The writ appeal succeeded, the High Court's judgment was set aside, and the demand for accounts and interference with management was quashed unless the trust was duly determined to be a public trust. en-us Wed, 15 Apr 1959 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 14:11:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292355 The Supreme Court of India construed the Bihar Hindu Religious Trust Act, 1950 as confined to public religious trusts, reading the definition clause with the Act's scheme on supervision, cy-pres application, scheme settlement, trustee removal, and its link to earlier public-endowment legislation. Although the definition of "religious trust" was broad in form, it was not extended to private religious trusts. On that construction, the constitutional challenge under Article 19(1)(f) did not require final determination. The writ appeal succeeded, the High Court's judgment was set aside, and the demand for accounts and interference with management was quashed unless the trust was duly determined to be a public trust. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 15 Apr 1959 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292355