passing the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowment Act, 1939 (Orissa Act IV of 1939). Although this Act has undergone some amendments from tune to time, provisions ... Shri Jagannath Temple (Administration Amendment) Act, 1954 (Orissa Act 1 of 1954). Section 3 of the Act (Orissa Act 14 of 1952) has conferred power
designated by the Commissioner.
The Act was amended by the Amending Act of 1970. The Amending
Act did away with the hereditary right of succession ... religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959 being (Tamil Nadu
Act xxii of 1959) hereinafter referred to as the principle Act.
It came into force
public religious endowment of
Kamakhya including the Maa Kamakhya Temple.
The Act was amended by Assam Act No.XIX of 1987 which received the assent ... affairs of the
main Kamakhya temple and also the temples of Dasa Mahavidyalaya and all
other temples and places of religious significance in and around
plaintiff has alleged in the plaint that the suit temples are ancient temples called Adhina temples meaning that trusteeship thereof was hereditary and was regulated ... recognise the hereditary trusteeship in the suit temples. The question whether the suit temples are excepted temples came up for consideration
temples. The Act divided the temples into " excepted and non-excepted temples . " An " excepted temple " was one in which the right ... Act XIX of 1951 the previous Act, i.e., Act II of 1927 stood repealed. The chapter relating to notification of temples and endowments
Act II of 1927.
Act IV of 1930.
Act X of 1946.
(1) If any dispute arises
as to whether a math ot temple ... more. The distinction between an excepted temple and a non-excepted temple was abolished by the Amending Act of 1946 by which Sub-section
definition this temple is not an excepted temple. Against this latter decision of the Board the trustees of the temple filed the application ... thereto in the body of the Act. No doubt, as long as the Act stood in that form, temples which fell in the category
temple is
in deemed to be a minor, and the Shebait, archaka, etc. or the
person functioning as manager/trustee of such temple acts ... Upon perusal of the relevant provisions of the 1961 Act and
the 1964 Act, we are of the considered opinion that if a party
provisions contained in
the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act .
5. Originally, the Temple was under the supervision and
control of the then Trustees ... Section 109 of Hindu
Religious and Charitable Endowment Act as
amended by Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 2003 as
contended by the defendants ?
(5) Whether
thereto in the body of the Act. No doubt, as long as the Act stood in that form, temples which fell in the category ... excepted temples were intended to be dealt with in a particular way and temples comprised in the category of non-excepted temples were intended
