Supreme Court of India

Riju Prasad Sarma Etc. Etc. v. State of Assam & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 11 S.C.R. 599
Decided 7 July 2015

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Trust and Charities: Assam State Acquisition of Lands Belonging to Religious or Charitable Institutions of Public Nature Act, 1959: c s. 25A - Scope of - Public religious endownment relating to Maa Kamakhya Temple - Custom pertaining to a temple where women barred from voting to elect thff temple priest - Challenge to - Single Judge upheld the vires of s. 25A - Division Bench held thats. 25A has very limited scope; and on the basis of the purported customary practices, the electorate for the election to the post of Doloi (Head Priest) should be confined only to the male members of the four

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