Supreme Court of India

Anandi Mukta Sadguru Shree Mukta Jeevandas Swami Suvarna Jayanti Mahotsav Smark Trust & Ors. v. V.R. Rudani & Ors.

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Bench G.L. Oza and K. Jagannatha Shetty JJ.

Decided 21 April 1989

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From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226-'Any person or authority'-Not to be confined only to statutory authorities or instru mentalities of the State-Mandamus cannot be denied on the ground that duty to be enforced is not imposed by statute. Appellant No. 1 is a public trust and the other appellants are its trustees. The Trust was running a science college at Ahmedabad. The college initially had temporary affiliation to the Gujarat University.

Authorities it was built on

1965 Dwarkanath, Hindu Undivided Family v. Income-tax Officer, Special Circle, Kanpur Andanr. cited by 15

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2015 State of U.P. & Ors. v. Ajay Kumar Sharma & Anr referred to
2015 Satya Pal Anand v. State of M.P. and Others referred to
2010 Smt. Poonam v. Sumit Tanwar referred to
2013 Jatya Pal Singh & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. not applicable

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