Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 101 · Decided 17 March 1961
The Durgah Committee, Ajmer and Another v. Syed Hussain Ali and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 101 · [1962] 1 S.C.R. 383
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 272/1960
- Decided
- 17 March 1961
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A.K. SARKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, K.C. DAS GUPTA, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 25, 26, 226, 14, 32, 16
Headnote
' 1 S.C.R. SUPREME COURT REPORTS 383 THE DURGAH COMMITTEE, AJMER AND ANOTHER v. SYED HUSSAIN ALI AND OTHERS (P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A. K. SARKAR, K. N. W ANCHOO, K. 0. DAS GUPTA and N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, JJ.) Durgah Endowment - Enactment for administration and management of property-If violative r6, r8-Constitution of India. Arts. 25, 26, r9(r)(j) and (g), r4, 32. The respondents, who were the Khadims of the tomb of Hazrat Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chisbti of Ajmer challenged the constitutional validity of the Durgah Khwaja Saheb Act, 1955 (XXXV! of 1955) and certain specified sections by a
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