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LETTER PATENT APPEAL NO. 449 OF 2004

High Court: Bombay High Court
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Issue of Consideration

The scope of the powers and duties of the Trustees in developing trust property and the powers of the Charity Commissioner under Section 36 of the BPT Act.

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Law Points

  • Trustees' duty to maximize benefit of trust property
  • Charity Commissioner's role to safeguard trust interest in property development
  • Requirement of sanction under Section 36 of BPT Act for alienation of trust property
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Case Details

2005 LawText (BOM) (09) 63

Letter Patent Appeal No. 449 of 2004, Letter Patent Appeal No. 454 of 2004, Letter Patent Appeal No. 448 of 2004

2005-09-23

H.L. Gokhale, Smt. R.S. Dalvi

B.P. Apte, S.S. Kulkarni, Mahendra Shah, Ranjit More, S.M. Oak, R.L. Majgaonkar, S.G. Deshmukh, Nitin Thakkar, Bhandare, Suman Jain, K.S. Bapat, S.R. Nargolkar

Mr.A.R.Khan Construwell & Co.; Al-Haj Ajmal Sarfaraj Khan; Wasim Sujauddin Pirjade; Ahmed Dagumiya Shaikh; Murtaz Abdul Razak Chanegav; Abdul Razak N. Chanegaon; Rafique N. Chanegaon; Iqbal Gafoor Shaikh

Youth Education & Welfare Society, Silver Realtors Pvt. Ltd., National (India) Contractors & Engineers, M/s. Suyojit Buildech Pvt. Ltd., Joint Charity Commissioner, Nashik, State of Maharashtra

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Nature of Litigation

Challenge to the Charity Commissioner's sanction for development of a charitable trust's immovable property by leasing it to a developer.

Remedy Sought

Appellants challenged the sanction order and sought to set aside the Charity Commissioner's decision and the Single Judge's dismissal of their writ petitions.

Filing Reason

Appellants opposed the sanction claiming their objections were not correctly considered by the Charity Commissioner.

Previous Decisions

The Charity Commissioner granted sanction on 26 June 2003; the Single Judge dismissed the writ petitions on 1 October 2004.

Issues

The scope of the powers and duties of the Trustees in developing trust property and the powers of the Charity Commissioner under Section 36 of the BPT Act.

Submissions/Arguments

Appellants contended that their objections were not correctly considered by the Charity Commissioner.

Judgment Excerpts

The Trustees are enjoined to use and utilise the trust properties to the highest extent possible for a benefit and interest of the Trust and to attain the objects of the Trust. The tender of Respondent No.6 came to be accepted as Respondent No.6 agreed with each of the conditions under clauses 11 to 18 and qualified under clause 29 of the tender.

Procedural History

The first Respondent Trust applied to the Charity Commissioner under Section 36 of the BPT Act for sanction. The Charity Commissioner granted sanction on 26 June 2003. The Appellants filed writ petitions challenging the sanction, which were dismissed by a Single Judge on 1 October 2004. The present Letters Patent Appeals were filed against the Single Judge's order.

Acts & Sections

  • Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950: Section 36, Section 36(1)(b)
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