NDLI: Shri Mallikarjun Devasthan, Shelgi Vs. Subhash Mallikarjun Birajdar and Others

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Maharashtra Public Trusts Act
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Act(s) Referred	Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963) Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 (29 of 1950)
Case(s) Referred	Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Allowed
Headnote	Issue for Consideration Whether delay in submitting Change Report to record name in register maintained u/s 7 Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 (1950 Act) in relation to the Vahiwatdar (Administrator) of a Public Trust, can be condoned. Further, consequence of Change Report being submitted beyond stipulated time of 90 days u/s 22(1) 1950 Act.Headnotes Appellant was registered as a Public Trust u/s. 18 of the 1950 Act – Mode of succession of managership was that Mallikarjun Mahalingappa Patil was to be the Vahiwatdar of the Trust and the eldest male member of his family was to succeed him – Vahiwatdar also empowered to co-opt others – First Change Report submitted by Jagdishchandra to record his name in register maintained u/s. 17 of the 1950 Act belatedly – First Change Report accepted and held to be legal and valid by Deputy Charity Commissioner – Jagdishchandra appointed four other persons as Trustees, by co-opting them – Second Change Report filed to record names of said four persons in register maintained u/s. 17 of the 1950 Act – Second Change Report held to be legal by Assistant Charity Commissioner – Appeals/Revision applications challenging orders accepting both Change Reports dismissed – Writ Petitions filed against orders accepting and confirming both Change Reports – Same allowed by High Court as no separate order passed by the Deputy Charity Commissioner, condoning delay of over 17 years in filing of first Change Report as being contrary to s. 22 1950 Act – Consequently, second Change Report could not be sustained.Held: S. 22 of the 1950 Act was amended in 2017 whereby proviso was added in s. 22(1) of the 1950 Act providing for condonation of delay in filing of a Change Report, if sufficient cause is shown – Not mandatory that written application be filed seeking condonation of delay and relief can be granted in that regard upon oral request, provided sufficient cause is shown for such delay – Even otherwise, 2017 proviso merely clarificatory in nature – Wording of s. 22(1) of the 1950 Act, as it stood earlier, did not negate applicability of s. 29(2) of the Limitation Act, 1963, and in consequence, s. 5 of Limitation Act, 1963, could be invoked for condonation of delay in submission of Change Report – If Change Report not submitted within stipulated period, 1950 Act does not contemplate automatic invalidation of assumption of office as the Vahiwatdar of the Trust – Failure to file Change Reports would invite penal consequences that would flow only from orders passed by authorities concerned under the relevant provisions – When failure to file a Change Report would not be fatal in itself, delay in filing a Change Report cannot automatically impact the assumption of office by a Vahiwatdar of a Trust – Proviso added in s. 22(1) 1950 Act further indicates the same – There should be liberal, pragmatic, justice-oriented, nonpedantic approach while dealing with application for condonation of delay – Courts usually condone delay in filing as purpose is to advance justice. [Paras 19-22, 25]
Judge	Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar
Neutral Citation	2024 INSC 339
Petitioner	Shri Mallikarjun Devasthan, Shelgi
Respondent	Subhash Mallikarjun Birajdar And Others
SCR	[2024] 5 S.C.R. 62
Judgement Date	2024-04-25
Case Number	5323-5324

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