Supreme Court of India
M.S. V. Raja and Anr. v. Seeni Thevar and Ors.
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We hold that the suit temple is a public temple, The management of the suit temple has been with religious H 526 SUPREME COURT REPORTS (2001) SUPP. I S.C.R. A denomination of Rajus.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Hindu Law: Tamil Nadu Hindu Reiigious & Charitable Endowment Act, 1959 : Sections 63 (b) and 108. Management of temple-Hereditary right of- Dispute regarding-Suit temple built on 'parampokh' land, adminstered and managed by members of a religious .denomination from time immemorial 'Pandarams' permitted to perform 'pooja' in the temple as 'poojaries'-Suit by 'pandarams' that they were hereditary trustees-cum-poojaries dismissed Another suit at the instance of 'pandarams' that the suit temple was a public temple decreed by High Cou~t-Jnjunction from interfering with worship by 'pandarams' as…
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