S.N.D.P. SAKHAYOGAM vs KERALA ATMAVIDYA SANGHAM

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to cancel the sale deed executed by defendant No. 2 in favor of defendant No. 1 regarding the suit land, asserting that the sale was void as defendant No. 2 lacked authority to sell the property. The Court emphasized the importance of the bye-laws under the Travancore Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Act, 1955, which governed the operations of the plaintiff society. The judgment confirmed that the plaintiff, as the parent organization, retained ownership rights over the suit land, thereby reinforcing the legal principle that unauthorized transactions are invalid.