https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171291 Chapter X of the Rajasthan Public Trust Act, 1959 was held to impose a mandatory duty on the State Government to constitute a committee of management once the statutory conditions under Section 52 were met; the power under Section 53 was not discretionary, and the exemption clause could not defeat the scheme. The Court also held that the temple's character could not be reopened, because earlier litigation had conclusively found it to be a Jain temple. Res judicata and estoppel barred the State from rearguing that it was a Hindu temple. The Division Bench's modifications were set aside and the Single Judge's directions were restored. en-us Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171291 Chapter X of the Rajasthan Public Trust Act, 1959 was held to impose a mandatory duty on the State Government to constitute a committee of management once the statutory conditions under Section 52 were met; the power under Section 53 was not discretionary, and the exemption clause could not defeat the scheme. The Court also held that the temple's character could not be reopened, because earlier litigation had conclusively found it to be a Jain temple. Res judicata and estoppel barred the State from rearguing that it was a Hindu temple. The Division Bench's modifications were set aside and the Single Judge's directions were restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171291