Venkatachala Gounder vs Arulmigu Viswesaraswami & V.P. Temple & ... on 8 October, 2003
Bench: R.C. Lahoti , Ashok Bhan
CASE NO.:
Appeal (civil ... PETITIONER:
R.V.E. Venkatachala Gounder
RESPONDENT:
Arulmigu Viswesaraswami & V.P. Temple & AR
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/10/2003
BENCH:
R.C. Lahoti
door out of fear and those unknown persons
took him near the temple situated on the north eastern flank of the village where
he found ... hands tied. The accused persons thereafter got some other
villagers from the temple and they tied their legs as well as of this witness
site believed to be the birth-spot of Shri Ram where a temple had stood earlier. This resulted in a long-standing dispute ... been used as a mosque.
7. The movement to construct a Ram-temple at the site of the disputed structure gathered momentum in recent years
Public Interest Litigation in the matter of
management of a temple governed by the provisions of a statutory
enactment is the primal question involved ... these appeals.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS:
Sree Krishna Temple, Guruvayur draws millions of people all over
the country. This ancient temple of unique importance is worshipped
Court may be pleased to declare that the
Galta Peeth / Thikana, its temples and properties are public
properties and not private or individual properties ... Shri Raghavacharya in any manner using, managing or
interfering in the temples and properties of the Galta
Peeth/Thikana and its accompanying temples
light houses. For this construction the contractor used
water from a temple well and used a temple room for storing
cement. On the completion ... appellant asked
the-contractor to carry out certain repairs to the temple
but he declined to do so. At the time of the payment
appellant was working as the Executive Officer of
Sri Swarnathaneswar Temple, Chithaimoor, Tamil Nadu from
September, 1985.
2.2) That one Shivashanmugam ... occupation
of six cents of temple land (situated behind his house). PW-1
approached the appellant in June, 1987 for securing a patta
copy--Necessity
of.
HEADNOTE:
This case is concerned with a garden with temples and
other buildings at Jaipur claimed to be the property of
Darjee ... persons at different
intervals on different grounds. One Narayan, Pujari on the
temples was said to have sold the Bagichi in favour of one
Khawas
join the deity because of an averment by the defendants that the temple was a public one and the properties were public religious endowments ... near the bank of the Godavari river at Nasik and built a temple on it. The deity was installed in that temple, and has continued
found in possession
of several fire arms and ammunitions near Bahai Temple, Kalkaji, New Delhi,
on 11th December, 1993. The case was closely linked with ... talked
to the appellant - gang leader on telephone and got fixed Bahai Temple as
the place where ransom amount would be delivered at 12.00 noon
