Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 268 · Decided 14 March 1997
Sri Adi Visheshwara of Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi and ORS. ETC. v. The State of U.P. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 268 · [1997] 2 S.C.R. 1086
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1013/1987
- Decided
- 14 March 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, K. VENKATASWAMI, G.B. PATTANAIK (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 25, 26, 25(1), 26(b), 21
Headnote
VISHESHWARA OF KASH! VISHWANATH B c TEMPLE, VARANASI AND ORS. ETC. v .. THE STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. MARCH 14, 1997 [K. RAMASWAMY, K. VENKATASW~I AND G.B. PATTANAIK, JJ.) Constitution of India, 1950 : Articles 25 and 26-Right to profess, practise and propagate religion, and right to m01iage of Articles 25 and 26-Administratio11 of properties belo11ging to religious groups or i11Stit11- D tions are not matters of religio11-Believers of Shiva f onn of worship are not a denominational sect or sectio11 of Hindus but they are Hindus as such, entitled to protection under Articles 25 and
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