Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 394 · Decided 14 August 2003
Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee and ANR. v. C.K. Rajan and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 394 · [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 619
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2148/1994
- Decided
- 14 August 2003
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, S.B. SINHA, G.P. MATHUR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 25, 26, 32, 226, 14, 21
Headnote
B Guruvayoor Devasom Act, 1978, Sections 6, 17, 18, 23 to 26, 36, 38: Sree Krishna Temple-Management of-Letter received by High Court Judge containing complaint of serious irregularities in a temple-High Court C treating the said letter as Public interest litigation petition-Correctness of­ takes over the management ordinarily court would not step in-Court to step in only when State fails to perform its duty-High Court erred in appointing Commissioner and taking recourse to the remedies provided for in other statutes-Recourse D to the other statute may be resorted to when the
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