Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 32 · Decided 20 February 1976
Hindu Religious Endowments & ORS. v. B. Samitra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 32 · [1976] 3 S.C.R. 435
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 128/1971
- Decided
- 20 February 1976
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, JASWANT SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 227
Headnote
Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1951-Secs. 27, 40, 44-Whether .appointment of tru_stees by Endown1ent Com1nissioner can be made under s. 27 without deterrnining the disputed points in sec. 40-Suo moto inquiry by Endow~ ments Comrnissioner under s. 40. Some villag~s made an applicat:on of non~hereditary trustees under s. 27 01 LU ... UL::.:.a H.nuu h,1,;ug1ou .. .bnuo,.,.ments A;;t, 1951, for Shiva temple which is more than 100 years old and possesses about 24 acres of land. A new temple was cons.ructed in place of the old dilapid<.ted temple by the money contributed
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