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PETITIONER: RATILAL PANACHAND GANDHI
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF BOMBAY AND OTHERS.(and connected appeal)
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 18/03/1954
BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. HASAN, GHULAM MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BOSE, VIVIAN
CITATION: 1954 AIR 388 1954 SCR 1035 CITATOR INFO : R 1958 SC 731 (13) D 1959 SC 942 (14) R 1961 SC 459 (11,14) D 1963 SC1638 (62,75) R 1965 SC1107 (48,50) R 1965 SC1611 (5,7) RF 1971 SC 344 (6) R 1971 SC1182 (6) R 1975 SC 706 (4,25,29) R 1975 SC 846 (14) F 1977 SC 908 (20) F 1978 SC1181 (5) R 1980 SC1008 (11) RF 1981 SC1863 (24) MV 1983 SC 1 (15) R 1984 SC 51 (11) R 1987 SC 748 (19)
ACT: Constitution of India, arts. 25 and 26-Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 (Act XXIX of 1950), ss. 44, 47(3) (4) (6) (6), 55(c) and 56(1) -Whether ultra vires the Constitution- Section 68 of the Act--Whether ultra vires the State Legislature.
HEADNOTE: Held, that the provision of a. 44 of the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950, relating to the appointment of -the Charity Commissioner as a trustee of any public trust by the court without any reservation in regard to religious institutions like temples and Maths is unconstitutional and must be held to be void. ...