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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Chief Officer in Idol Dumping Case — No Intent to Insult Religion Found. Section 295 IPC requires deliberate and malicious intention to outrage religious feelings, which was absent as the applicant acted in discharge of official duties.

The applicant, Dhondiba Irba Namwad, was the Chief Officer of Municipal Council, Khamgaon, District Buldhana. He filed a criminal application under Se...

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Bombay High Court Allows Women's Entry into Haji Ali Dargah Sanctum Sanctorum — Gender Discrimination by Trust Struck Down. The Court held that the ban on women's entry violated constitutional guarantees of equality and freedom of religion, and directed the Trust to permit women access.

The petitioners, Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz and Zakia Soman, social activists and office bearers of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, filed a Public Inte...

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Bombay High Court Allows Rejection of Plaint in Trust Dispute for Non-Compliance with Section 50 of Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950. Suit by devotees challenging removal of deity held barred without Charity Commissioner's consent.

The case involves a Notice of Motion filed by defendant trustees (defendant Nos. 1, 3, 4, and 5) in a suit seeking rejection of the plaint under Order...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Tests for Determining Public Character of Temples in Dispute Over Temple Ownership. Factors Include Public Worship Rights, Contributions, and Management Consciousness; Architectural Appearance Not Decisive.

The Supreme Court, in this appeal arising from a Bombay High Court decree, examined the criteria for distinguishing a public temple from a private one...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Decision That Nasik Math Not Registerable Under Bombay Public Trusts Act Due to Lack of Public Worship. Definition of 'Math' Under Section 2(9) Requires Religious Instruction and Spiritual Service, Which Were Absent in the Nasik Branch.

The case concerned the applicability of the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 to a branch Math of the Shringeri Math situated at Nasik. The Assistant Cha...