Supreme Court of India

Adi Saiva Sivachariyargal Nala Sangam & Ors. v. The Government of Tamil Nadu &anr.

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Reported as [2015] 11 S.C.R. 1110

Bench Ranjan Gogoi and N.V. Ramana JJ.

Decided 16 December 2015

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Constitution of India, 1950 - Articles 25, 26 - Appointments of Archakas in temple - Issuance of . 0. No. 118 dated 23. 05. 2006 by Tamil Nadu to the effect that, "any person who is a Hindu and possessing the requisite qualification and training can be appointed as ·a Archaka in Hindu temples - Writ petitions challenging the . 0. - Held: Appointments of Archakas will have to be made in accordance with the Agamas, subject to their due identification as well as their conformity with the constitutional mandates and the principles - Requirement of constitutional conformity is inbuilt and if a

Authorities it was built on

1982 Sanjeev Coke Manufacturing Company v. Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. and Another cited by 19
1966 Sastri Y Agnapurushadji and Others v. Muldas Bhudardas Vaishya and Another cited by 11
2002 N. Adithayan v. The Travancore Devaswom Board and Ors. cited by 7
2004 Commissioner of Police and Ors. v. Acharya Jagadishwarananda Avadhuta and Anr. cited by 5
1972 Seshammal & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Tamilnadu cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2024 Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2024 Association for Democratic Reforms v. Election Commission of India and Another referred to
2022 Mohammad Latief Magrey v. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors. referred to
2017 K. S. Varghese & Ors. v. St. Peters & Pauls Syrian Orth. & Ors. referred to

Of those, 4 referred to

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