Supreme Court · 1953 INSC 69 · Decided 20 October 1953
Sahasw Athi Ammal and Another v. Rajagopal Ammal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1953 INSC 69 · [1954] 1 S.C.R. 277
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 200/1952
- Decided
- 20 October 1953
- Bench
- MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, B. JAGANNADHADAS (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
SUPREME COUR'f REPORTS SAHASW ATHI AMMAL AND ANOTHER v. H,AJAGOPAL AMMAL. [MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, MuKHERJEA and JAGANNADHA DAS JJ.] 277 Hind1t law-Religious endowments-Dedication for worship nt tomb-Validity-Public policy. A perpetual endowment of properties for the pnrpose of samadhi kainkaryain, ground of religious merit though lacking in public benefit, it must be shown to have a Shastraic basis so far as Hindus are concerned. The heads of religious pur­ poses determined by belief in acquisition of religious merit cannot • be allowed to be widely enlarged consistently with
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