Supreme Court of India

N. Adithayan v. The Travancore Devaswom Board and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 76

Bench S. Rajendra Babu and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.

Decided 3 October 2002

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated supra, no exception, in our view, could be taken to the conclusions arrived at by the Full Bench of the Kerala High Court and no interference is called for with the same, in our hands.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Constitution of India; Articles 14, 15, 17, 25 and 26: Appointment of non-Brahmin as Santikaran (Priest) in temples in Kerala--Challenge of-Held, In the absence of any specific custom or usage to the contrary, appointment of a properly trained and qualified non-Brahmin Santikaran is not violative of the Constitutional provisions-Travancore Cochin Hindu Religious Institution Act, 1950; Sec.rion 31. Hindu law: Sources of law-Custom or Usage-Claim of rights-Requirements of Held, any custom or usage could not be countenanced as source of law to claim any right if it violates' human rights,

Authorities it was built on

1963 Tilkayat Shri Govindlalji Maharaj v. The State of Rajasthan and Others cited by 26
1966 Sastri Y Agnapurushadji and Others v. Muldas Bhudardas Vaishya and Another cited by 11
1997 Shri Jaganna Temple Puri Management Committee Represented through its Administrator and Anr. Etc. v. Chintamani Khuntia and Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2017 K. S. Varghese & Ors. v. St. Peters & Pauls Syrian Orth. & Ors. referred to
2015 Riju Prasad Sarma Etc. Etc. v. State of Assam & Ors. referred to
2014 Animal Welfare Board of India v. A. Nagaraja & Ors. referred to
2023 The Animal Welfare Board of India and Ors. v. Union of India & Anr mentioned
2015 Adi Saiva Sivachariyargal Nala Sangam & Ors. v. The Government of Tamil Nadu &anr. mentioned
2005 M.P. Gopalakrishnan Nair and Anr. v. State of Kerala and Ors. mentioned
2004 Commissioner of Police and Ors. v. Acharya Jagadishwarananda Avadhuta and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 3 referred to · 4 mentioned

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