Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 372 · Decided 7 May 2004
Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (ADMN.), Madras and ANR. v. Vedantha Sthapna Sabha
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 372 · [2004] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 549
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5093/1998
- Decided
- 7 May 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959: Section 6(11)-Hereditary trustee--Claim to be appointed as-Held: c Fulfilment of any of the three modes of succession envisaged in S. 6(11) only enables a person to legitimately make a claim for appointment as hereditary is hereditary or non­ hereditary depends upon the manner or method by which the incumbent D concerned occupies the office. Sectien 63(a)-Public temple-Declaration of-Statutory authorities declared a certain temple as public temple for all the worshipping Hindu public-No application was
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