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Supreme Court Hears Appeals Against High Court Decrees in Malankara Church Disputes. Rival Claims Over Control of Church Assets and Applicability of 1934 Constitution Pending Adjudication.

The Supreme Court heard a batch of civil appeals arising from judgments and decrees of the High Court of Kerala in three sets of suits concerning chur...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Challenging Wakf Board Notification Including Service Inam Lands in Dargah Property. Errata Notification Adding Lands to Wakf Property Upheld as Valid Exercise of Power Under Wakf Act, 1995.

The Supreme Court dismissed a batch of civil appeals challenging an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court that upheld an Errata Notification issued b...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Temple Idol Against Sale of Trust Property, Holds Trust is Private and Not Governed by Tamil Nadu HR&CE Act. Deed of Settlement Did Not Create a Specific Endowment in Favor of the Deity.

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissing the second appeal of the appellant, the Idol of Sri Renganat...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in HR & CE Act Case — Bagyammal Trust Held to be a Specific Endowment. Deed of Settlement dated 4 June 1926 created a public charitable trust for temple purposes, falling under Section 6(19) of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959.

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Madras High Court which reversed the trial court's decree in favor of the appellant. The appellant, W. N. Alla...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Hindu Religious Endowment Dispute — 'Bakers Choultry' Held as Specific Endowment Under Tamil Nadu HR&CE Act. Rock Inscription Providing for Feeding Brahmins During Festivals Constitutes Religious Charity, Not Private Property.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal challenging the concurrent findings that 'Bakers Choultry' is a specific endowment under the Tamil Nadu Hindu R...

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Karnataka High Court Refers Questions on Applicability of Payment of Gratuity Act to Temples to Full Bench. Division Bench Finds Arguable Questions Whether Temple is 'Commercial Establishment' Under Karnataka Shops Act and Whether Prior Precedent on Temple Employee's Gratuity is Correct.

The dispute arose when a former employee of Shri Mookambika Temple, Kollur, claimed gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 after his superan...

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Bombay High Court Addresses Rampant Illegal Hoardings by Political and Religious Entities Across Maharashtra. Court Interprets Definition of Skysign and Requirement of Written Permission Under Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949.

The High Court of Judicature at Bombay was seized with a group of Public Interest Litigations and Writ Petitions raising serious concerns regarding th...

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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...