Temple, its properties and the temples subordinate thereto:
(b) training of archakas to perform the religious worship and ceremonies in the Temple and the temples ... Act of 1972 (Act 28 of 1972) states that notwithstanding anything contained in the Act or in the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act
Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1971 (Act 6 of 1971), (hereinafter referred to as 'the old Act'). The validity of Act ... Act 14 of 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the new Act). The new Act purports to cure the infirmities in the old Act pointed
petitioners that the temples are public temples
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and the Temple Advisory Committees are
constituted as per the provisions ... view of the
matter, the temples and offices of the temples
falling under the HR & CE Act are not
establishments, administrative units or offices
each temple in Malabar is a separate unit with distinct administrative right. The income of each temple can be spent in that temple alone ... employees of each temple, will depend upon the income of a particular temple. Majority of the temples are managed by hereditary trustees. The Department
Samithi, staff
and devotees, the temple has gained prominence. The temple is
notified as per the Act. This writ petition also makes mention ... Act. The Act also
provides for the appointment of the Deputy Commissioner, Area
Committee and Temple Advisory Committees. It also stipulates the
powers, functions
committee may be constituted for each temple in
the name "(name of the temple) Temple Advisory Committee",
not inconsistent with the existing custom ... contrary; by enabling
the Temple Advisory Committees to make recommendations to
the temple authorities in matters relating to temple festivals,
renovations, naveekaranakalasam and other special
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple were
also restored to it and the financial position of this temple also
improved. The temple had such surplus that ... 2000 held that Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple being a
public temple this court has jurisdiction as parent patriae. All public
temples in the erstwhile State
Hindu Religious
Endowments Act, 1926 was replaced by the Madras Hindu Religious and
Charitable Endowments Act, 1951 ("HR& CE Act ", in short ... provisions of the Act were found unconstitutional, then the whole
Act would become unworkable. It was also urged that the entire Act should
be struck
attract the
rigour of this section, a temple is required to be a listed temple
under the Act. Section 65-A of Chapter ... Act. A proper understanding of the relevant
provisions of the Malabar Tenancy Act, 1929 , the Agrarian
Relations Act, 1961 and the Kerala Land Reforms Act
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act was substituted
by Act 31 of 2008, for the purpose of constituting Temple Advisory
Committees in the temples over ... Act.
24. The provisions under Section 76A of the Act which
deals with the formation of the Temple Advisory Committees in
temples under the management
