land in question on 13.11.1997. The Executive
Officer of the Temple Trust issued tender/public notice to sell the land in
question ... Reddy, learned Senior Advocate
has appeared on behalf of the respondent – Temple Trust and Shri
Siddhartha Dave, learned Senior Advocate has appeared on behalf
Ganapathi Dev Temple Trust vs Balakrishna Bhat (D) Thr. Lrs. . on 17 September, 2019
Equivalent citations: AIRONLINE ... APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 2926 OF 2009
Sri Ganapathi Dev Temple Trust …..Appellant
Versus
Balakrishna Bhat Since Deceased
By His Lrs. And Others …Respondents
Most of the famous and ancient
temples are in the grip of legal battle,
restraining the temple trust, its Shebait
and the Committee to manage ... temple, Shree Krishna Janam Bhoomi, Prem Mandir, Radha
Raman temple, Govindji temple and the list is long and all the
temples are of great significance
conduct special audit in respect of Sree Padmanabha
Swamy Temple, Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple Trust and
other allied Trusts, for a period of 25 years ... must not only cover the Sree Padmanabhaswamy
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Temple, but also the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple
Trust and other allied trusts ……”
15. Pursuant
conclude that Kalika Mataji temple and other temples are
private temples and that, therefore, they are not public trust properties
for being registered under Section ... trusts and charitable trusts may be considered in general as synonymous
expressions. At page 1510 'Charitable trust' has been defined as 'trusts
respondent that the
temples were his private temples. According to the-State,
these temples were public temples, that Shri Anandilal the
great grand-father ... vires the State
Legislature. The question whether the temples were private
temples or public religious trusts does not seem, to have
been urged
establish whether a temple is a public temple
or a private temple."
See also: Bihar State Board Religious Trust, Patna v. Mahant
Sri Biseshwar ... Commissioner and the High Court that the temples were
public temples and therefore public religious trusts within
the meaning of s. 2(17) read with
ambit of administration of a public trust as admittedly there
is a public trust with respect to the temple in question. If the matter
pertains ... charitable trusts. Such trusts
cater to things of public interest, i.e .things which concern large
sections of public. Unless such trusts are properly administered
ambit of administration of a public trust as admittedly there
is a public trust with respect to the temple in question. If the matter
pertains ... charitable trusts. Such trusts
cater to things of public interest, i.e .things which concern large
sections of public. Unless such trusts are properly administered
challenge that order that the
appellant-temple is before us.
The disputed temple-property was trust property and
noticeably it was a trustee ... have been found out to
prevent manipulations and grabbing of temple/trust property.
Section 10 of the Limitation Act, 1973 covers certain
situations. The said
