Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 206 · Decided 11 August 1987
Pratapsinhji N. Desai v. Deputy Charity Commissioner, Gujarat & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 206 · [1987] 3 S.C.R. 909
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2041/1972
- Decided
- 11 August 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, B.C. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Hindu Law: Religious endowment-Temple-Whether pu/>lic or private-Mixed question of-Fact and law-Dedication to public­ What is-Whether worshippers are the beneficiaries. A B Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950: Sections 2(13) and 2(17)­ Temples of Shri Dwarakadhishji and Shri Trikamrayji at or public. At Patadi in the erstwhile State of Patadi in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat State there were two temples known as Sri Dwarkadhishji D Mandir and Sri Trikamrayji Mandir, which were constructed in the years 1872 and 1875 respectively by the then ruler with funds from the State
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