Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 434 · Decided 10 September 2001
S. Pitchai Ganapathy and ORS. v. Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 434 · [2001] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4972/1993
- Decided
- 10 September 2001
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
A B Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Act, 1959- Section 6(20)-Religious institutions-Temples-Whether Public or private­ Requirements o.f-Distinction between-Aspects of procedure of worship- C Statutory presumption in Tamil Nadu for temples as public religious title.or ownership 1wt proved­ Possession and enjoyment in the capacity of Pujari/trustee-Hence a public temple. In this appeal before the Court the question raised was whether the temples in dispute were private temples of the appellants' family or belong to second respondent's temple or
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