Supreme Court of India

Sri Vedaraneesw Ararswamy Devasthanam v. The Dominion of India and Another.

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Reported as [1962] 1 S.C.R. 87
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 15 February 1961

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What the Court ordered

In the result the appeal fails but there will be no order as to costs.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Hindu Temple-Manager agreeing to transfer temple property on fixed annual compensation-Transaction, if a permanent lease­ Construction-Rule. The appellant Devasthanam had certain properties, granted to it in inam by the Rajas of Tanjore centuries ago, which com­ prised salt pans. After the passing of Regulation l of 1805, which prohibited manufacture of salt except on account of the Government or with their express sanction, the East India Com- pany in 1806 took over possession of those properties and the agreement between the parties as recorded in the order passed on behalf of the Board of

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