Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (admn.), Madras and Anr. v. Vedantha Sthapna Sabha

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 549
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 7 May 2004

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Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959: Section 6(11)-Hereditary trustee--Claim to be appointed as-Held: c Fulfilment of any of the three modes of succession envisaged in S. 6(11) only enables a person to legitimately make a claim for appointment as hereditary trustee-Whether the office of the trustee is hereditary or non­ hereditary depends upon the manner or method by which the incumbent concerned occupies the office. Sectien 63(a)-Public temple-Declaration of-Statutory authorities declared a certain temple as public temple for all the worshipping Hindu public-No

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