Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 902 · Decided 6 January 2014
DR. Subramanian Swamy v. State of Tamil Nadu & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 902 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 308
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10620/2013
- Decided
- 6 January 2014
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Constitution
Headnote
CONSTITUTION OF IND/A, 1950: c Art. 26 - Freedom to manage religious affairs - 'Religious denomination' - Connotation of - Held: Art. 26(d) protects the rights of 'religious denomination' to establish and administer the properties as clauses (c) and (d) guarantee a fundamental right to any 0 acquire, establish and maintain such properties - Rights of 'denominational religious institutions' are to be preserved and protected from any invasion by State as guaranteed under Art. 26 and as statutorily embodied in s.107 of Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959 - A law
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