India: Report on Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha symposium on government control of Hindu temples

Govt. control of Hindu temples questioned

Staff Reporter
Jurists, advocates and other civil society leaders expressed concern over “illegal” government control of Hindu temples and analysed the constitutional rights of their administration and management at a symposium organised in the Capital on this issue on Sunday.
Swami Paramatmanandaji, secretary of the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha (HDAS), which organised the symposium, said HDAS had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the different State Acts used for controlling temples. Supreme Court advocate Pinky Anand argued that provisions in the law for take over of temples by the government were invalid and not tenable.
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