Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1951

The appellants sought a declaration that their family shrine, which originated as samadhis, was a private spiritual institution and not a public temple under the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1951. The respondents contended that the shrine had evolved into a public temple where Hindu deities were regularly wor…

The respondents claimed to be hereditary trustees of the Sri Sidha Baladev temple, asserting that they had acted as marfatdars since the founder's time and were recognized as such by revenue authorities. They sought a scheme under Section 42 of the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1951, which was dismissed, and l…

K. Arjun Das, claiming to be a tenant of land belonging to the deity Sri Rama Laxman Sita Swamy Bije, applied under Section 19 of the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1951 for permission to sell 4.255 acres of barren land. The Commissioner, after an inquiry, fixed an upset price of Rs.10 lakhs per acre, gave Das …

The Hindu public sued Rajdhani Puja Samithi, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, alleging that the temples, mandap, library, shops and other structures on a 90‑year government lease constitute a public religious endowment. The Society argued that it was a secular body, that a society could …

The appellants, tenants of shops in a Gurudwara, challenged the Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 on the ground that it withdrew the protection afforded to them under the East Punjab Urban Rent Restrictions Act, 1949 and violated Article 14. The Supreme Court held that the State …

Lord Lingaraj, the appellant, let out agricultural land to Dr. Ramendu Ray in 1937, before the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1939 came into force. After Ray's death his widow Bhibhati succeeded and later transferred the land to the respondents. The appellant filed a Section 68 petition for possession which was…