Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 144 · Decided 4 May 1972
T. D. Gopalan v. The Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Madras
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 144 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 584
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 742/1967
- Decided
- 4 May 1972
- Bench
- K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Mudras Hi11d11 Religious Endowments Act (2 of 1927), s. 9(12)­ Templt, whethe1· public or privak-CharlicteriJ·tr'cs for detern1inatlon of. '1be members of the family of the plaintiff who belonged to the "1uwbtra community had construe~ a Mandapam on land of whitoh they were called Dwarabalakaa on either side 'and implement.. neee8W'y for offering puja in the mandapam. But there were no Dwa}a•· 1hamba, Balipeeda or Gopuram. The authorities under the Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1927, held that the mandapam was a public temple within the
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