Sri Sai Baba And Ors. vs M.L. Hanumantha Rao on 20 July, 1977
In Senthilvel Pillai v. Kulandaivel Pillai (1970) 83 L.W. 472, Srinivasan, J. speaking for the Bench expressed the view that where an idol has been installed, even if it happens to be a private family idol and the family endows property for the upkeep of the idol and for the performance of poojas and the like, the idol as a distinct entity becomes the owner of the property and, thereafter, the donors, the members of the family have no surviving power to take away the properties from the idol.