Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 451 · Decided 13 July 2020
Sri Marthanda Varma (D) THR. LRS. & ANR. v. State of Kerala & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 451 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 974
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2732/2020
- Decided
- 13 July 2020
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, INDU MALHOTRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 363, 366(22)
Headnote
Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950 - Chapter III of Part-I, Sections 18 to 23 - Constitution of India - Arts. 363 and 366 (22) - Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple - Shebaitship or the managership of the temple - There are many versions origin and how the temple was set up, however, every version accepts that the King of Travancore had a role in the administration of the temple - After a major fire incident occurred in the year 1686, it was the king who re-constructed the temple and installed a new idol and took full
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