Supreme Court of India

Vijendra Kumar & Ors. v. The Commissioner, A.P. Charitable & Religious Institutions & Endowment Department & Anr.

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Reported as [2017] 12 S.C.R. 246
Bench N. V. Ramana and Amitava Roy JJ.
Decided 15 December 2017

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Andhra Pradesh Hindu Charitable and Religious lllStitutiollS and Endowment Act, 1966 - ss. 92, 78, 77 - Nature of a temple - Public endowment or private property - Appellant seeking a declaration that temple is their private place of worship and not a public shrine - Department's case that in the Books of Endowment, father of the appellants was registered as endower of Wakf(temple) - Appellant's case that temple had never been dedicated or endowed to the public by their father - Trial court decreed the appellant's suit - However, the Single Judge and the Division Bench of the High Court held

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