Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 193 · Decided 28 March 2003
Kacha Kanti Seva Samity and ANR. v. Shri Kacha Kanti Devi and OS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 193 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 99
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6535/1997
- Decided
- 28 March 2003
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, AR. LAKSHMANAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 90
Headnote
B Religious endowment: Right to shebaitshir,Formalion of Samity in respect of temple-No appointment of shebait-Suil for declaration claiming right lo shebailship in C temple-Held: Claimants as de facto shebail, having proved their possession of the endowed properly and exercised all fimc/ion of of the evidence adduced presumption available to them-However, general public including Samity will have free access lo temple to offer worship and for other religious and spritual activities D . as all constructions of buildings, tanks, well and electrification were done by public by receiving
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