Supreme Court of India

The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. v. Elephant G. Rajendran & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [2019] 5 S.C.R. 771
Bench Ashok Bhushan and K.M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 12 April 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussions, the appeals are partl y allowed.

Judgment, page 50

From the headnote

Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959: Idol theft cases – Idol Wing of Crime Investigation De partment handling investigation, detection and follow up of such cases – Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Departmen t of the State controlling and managing the temples, idols and artefacts – Letter by Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments to Director General of Police pointing out various c omplaints of his officers received by him against Idol Wing of Polic e – By .O. dated 01.08.2018, State of Tamil Nadu transferring all the under investigation

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