Supreme Court of India

Seth Chand Ratan v. Pandit Durga Prasad (d) by Lrs. and Ors.

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Reported as [2003] 3 S.C.R. 75
Bench S. Rajendra Babu and G.P. Mathur JJ.
Decided 28 March 2003

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that a writ petition ought not to have been entertained by the High Court when the respondent had already chosen the remedy under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

MP. Public Trust Act, 1951-Sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 26(2) and 27-­ Application for registration of a temple as public trust-later withdrawn ard the temple declared as private property-Second application by another person for registration of temple as different public trust-Temple declared as such­ later, records amended showing the lemple as private property-Application before Regislra1jor proper management of the trusl properly-Registrar m~e reference u!s 26(2) to Court for adjudication of validity of order amending the records-Amendment of Records held not valid by the Court-Appeal against

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