Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 660 · Decided 17 September 1997
Shri Jaganna Temple Puri Management Committee Represented Through Its Administrator and ANR. ETC. v. Chintamani Khuntia and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 660 · [1997] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 151
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3978/1995
- Decided
- 17 September 1997
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, S.C. SEN, S.P. KURDUKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 25(1), 26, 300, 25
Headnote
Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1954 (As amended from 3.5.1983): Section 28B, 28C-Religious or property rights of Temple attendants (Sevaks)-Offerings made to deity in Temple-Right of Sevaks to get portion A B c of it~Installation of Hundis for collection of under Section 28B-Collection and distribution of these offerings or retention of portion of the offerings for maintenance and upkeep of the Temple are secular D activities belonging to the domain of the management and administration of the Temple-Hence, there is no religious or property rights of
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