Reetika And Ors vs State Of Punjab And Ors on 1 September, 2015
Author: Rakesh
make a disposition by
way of Will of properties, even though held by him, because such properties
vested in the order or sect that ... Udasin Sect and ownership of
Math property is regulated by custom. Ms. Mendiratta urged that the private
property acquired by a monk or ascetic belonging
operative portion of the Will
reproduced above manifestly shows that there is no
disposition of the properties of the Math by this
document. All that ... will have
to manage the properties, and for this he will have to
obtain possession thereof. The direction about
possession and management of the properties
Puri. The lands in question have been accorded the status of
‘amrutamanohi’ properties. On 18.03.1974, the State Government of Orissa
issued a notification under Section ... Mahapatra Sridhar Panda and Ors v. State of Orissa[1]. We
will advert to this judgment in detail at a later part of this judgment
shrine, or the general public or any specified portion thereof.
Thus where property is dedicated for the worship of a
family idol ... Math
property and invest the sale proceeds in money-lending or
other business on the ground that the Math will be benefited
by larger returns
Puri. The lands in question have
been accorded the status of ‘amrutamanohi’ properties.
On 18.03.1974, the State Government of Orissa issued a
notification under Section ... Narasingh Das Mahapatra Sridhar Panda
and Ors v. State of Orissa1. We will advert to this
judgment in detail at a later part of this
functioning since decades, managing
and administering the property attached to the Mahantara
Math, one of the oldest Maths in Bangalore. It is further
stated that ... propagation of religion. Monthly
functions and religious discourses will be held in the precincts
of the Math and for conducting all these activities, the Trust
Charitable Endowment is defined in Section 6(5) to mean all
property given or endowed for the benefit of, or used as of right ... religious endowment or endowment means all property
belonging to or given or endowed for the support of maths or temples or given
or endowed
High Court has rightly held that the pious acts
mentioned in the Will are religious charities and the framing of scheme in
respect ... meaning a math, temple or specific endowment. “Specific
endowment” in Section 6(19) reads thus: “any property or money endowed for
the performance
hence such a math is not a private math. Further, when
gifts of properties have been made to the math for the
enjoyment of chelas ... holds
the properties as a trustee for the indeterminate class of
beneficiaries, viz., of sishyas and anusishyas and this
stamps the math with a public