Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Seeking HR&CE Takeover of Temple, Upholding Trust's Right to Manage Religious Institution. Court holds that a private trust managing a temple for over 100 years cannot be compelled to hand over management to the HR&CE Department under the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959, unless the temple is declared a public religious institution through due process....
The case involves four writ petitions filed by Rathinasamy and others seeking a writ of mandamus to direct the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) Department to take over the management o...
