Temple Income
HC seeks Maha govt response on Swamy's PIL against Pandharpur Temples Act
The Bombay High Court on Monday sought the Maharashtra government's reply on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the Pandharpur Temples Act. In the petition filed in February this year, Swamy claimed the Maharashtra government had taken over the administration of the Pandharpur town's temples in an arbitrary manner. A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Arif S Doctor on Monday directed the government to file its affidavit and posted the matter for hearing on September 13. As per the plea, the state government through the Pandharpur Temples Act, 1973, had abolished all hereditary rights and privileges of ministrants and priestly classes for the governance and administration of the temples of Lord Vitthal and Rukmini in Pandharpur in the state's Solapur district. The law enabled the state government to control its administration and management of funds, the plea said. On Monday, another person Bheemach
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SC upholds Travancore family rights to administer Padmanabhaswamy Temple
The apex court upheld the rights of the Travancore royal family in the administration of the temple
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Income of temples in Andhra Pradesh has grown by 27%: Naidu
At the same time sale of liquor was coming down, resulting in reduced income to the state.
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