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Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 1 S.C.R. 308
Bench Dr. B. S. Chauhan and S.A. Bobde JJ.
Decided 6 January 2014

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, it was not permissible for the High Court to assume that it had jurisdiction to sit in appeal C against its earlier judgment of 1951 which had attained finality.

Judgment, page 37

From the headnote

CONSTITUTION OF IND/ , 1950: c Art. 26 - Freedom to manage religious affairs - 'Religious denomination' - Connotation of - Held: Art. 26(d) protects the rights of 'religious denomination' to establish and administer the properties as clauses (c) and (d) guarantee a fundamental right to any religious denomination to own, 0 acquire, establish and maintain such properties - Rights of 'denominational religious institutions' are to be preserved and protected from any invasion by State as guaranteed under Art. 26 and as statutorily embodied in s.107 of Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable

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