C.R.KUMARASWAMY, R.GURURAJAN
SAHASRA LINGESHW ARA TEMPLE, UPPINANGADY, PUTTUR TALUK, DAKSHINA KANNADA – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KARNATAKA – Respondent
Hindu temples/trustees of temples/archaks and others of Karnataka are before us aggrieved by the judgment of this Court dated 9-9-2005 passed in W.P. Nos. 31937 of 2003 (R.M. Sukumar Shetty, Managing Trustee, Sri Kollur Mookambika Temple, Kollur and Others v State by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Bangalore and Another!) and connected matters in these appeals.
2. It is unnecessary for us to refer to the facts in each one of the cases. The State Government in terms of the powers conferred on them has chosen to enact a law by name the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997 and the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Rules, 2002 framed thereunder. The said Act in terms of the statement of objects and reasons was enacted in the light of a longstanding public demand to bring about a uniform law to provide for the regulation of all Charitable Endowments and Hindu Religious Institution in the State, which are now regulated under different enactments having local application in different parts of the State. The said Act was brought into force with effect from in terms of the notification. The Act is applicable to
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