The participation of the members of the public in the Darshan in the temple and in the daily acts of worship or in the celebrations of festival occasions may be a very important factor to consider in determining the...
Day: September 12, 2019
AIR 1967 SC 256 : (1966) Suppl. SCR 436 (SUPREME COURT OF INDIA) Mahant Shri Srinivas Ramanuj Das Vs Surjanarayan Das and another (Before : A. K. Sarkar, C.J.I., M. Hidayatullah, R. S. Bachawat, J. M. Shelat And Raghubar...
Though most of the present day Hindu public temples have been founded as public temples, there are instances of private temples becoming public temples in course of time. Some of the private temples have acquired great deal of religious...
Though most of the present day Hindu public temples have been founded as public temples, there are instances of private temples becoming public temples in course of time.
Mutts have generally sadavrats, i.e. arrangements for giving food and shelter to wayfarers and ascetics attached to them. They may have temples to which the public is allowed access. Such circumstances might indicate the public character of the institution....
The Bihar State Board of Religious Trust, (Patna) Vs Mahanth Sri Biseshwar Das- 09/02/1971
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Hindu Law—Religious endowment—Nature of grant—Property given to Head of Mutt—Nature of grant—Determination of.
Under the Hindu law, an idol is a juristic person capable of holding property and the properties endowed for the institution vest in it.
The concept of a private endowment or a private trust is unknown to English law where all trusts are public trusts of a purely charitable and religious nature. Thus, under the English law what is a public trust is...
Tilkayat Shri Govindlalji Maharaj v. State of Rajasthan (1964) 1 SCR 561 where a Constitution Bench of this Court had to consider whether the famous Nathdwara Temple which is held in great reverence by the Hindus in general and...
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