Inspector of Police, on the pretext that the 'Jawal' or tonsure ceremony of the plaintiff was to be performed. Narayan and his father ... loss of his eye-sight, represented to him that the tonsure ceremony of the plaintiff was to take place at Venkatapur, a holy place
Kalyanakatta vests rights on the member to participate in tonsure at that Kalyanakatta and he is entitled for remuneration as paid by Devasthanam. Unless ... under that Kalyanakatta Sangam, no one is entitled for participating in the tonsuring ritual and for the emoluments. The membership bearing batch number 52 originally
initiated under the family name of his father, unto the ceremony of tonsure inclusive, does not become the son of another man (anyalas). The ceremony ... tonsure and other rites (chudaya) of initiation, being indeed performed under his own family name, sons given, and the rest may be considered as issue
dead body outside the convention centre and also got his hair
tonsured.
4) The facts, as culled out from evidence of the prosecution
witnesses ... conduct in trying to
screen away the evidence by getting himself tonsured, the
trial court found him guilty on all the counts and sentenced
statutory provision, put an end to their age-old business of bartering (tonsuring and haircutting) in Tirumala Hills area abridging thereby the fundamental right resulting ... concerned with the rights of barbers in respect of their calling, viz., tonsuring and hair-cutting, vis-a-vis the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams
barbers of
Samayapuram Mariamman Temple, who have tonsured the heads of the victims, and
recorded their statements.
8.On 25.03.2008, P.W.17 sent ... examined P.Ws.6 and 7 to establish
that they had tonsured the head of the children. At this juncture, learned
counsel for the appellant
respective years of service.
(ii) The duties of the barbers, who attend tonsuring work at the
temples shall be considered as a religious work. Treating ... points that arise for determination are -
1) Whether the tonsuring work attended by the petitioners is not a
religious work? And whether treating them differently
respondent-Temple in proposing to
induct outside barbers for tonsuring services during Jatara to be
held during Maga Masam i.e., from ... petitioners that the four families of the
petitioners are performing the tonsuring services at 4th respondent-
Temple from the time immemorial as such, they
Arupadai Veedu". The devotees perform
various poojas and offerings including tonsuring of head. The persons belonging
to Navithar Community have been hereditarily engaged ... works of tonsuring
and snake piping etc.,
2.a. The Petitioner's father was hereditarily Mirasi Barber engaged in the
said service. They were
part of ''Vendhuthal'', they have their hair
tonsured. The tonsuring is done by barbers, who belong to three families
namely ... Petitioner is that devotees offer a token fee and
also leave their tonsured hair to be collected by the barbers. The Secretary
of the Petitioner
