https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287890 A broad construction was given to entry 34 of List II in the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935: the terms "charities," "charitable institutions" and "charitable endowments" were treated as expansive, and "religious endowments" was not read as limiting the opening words. On that reading, the Provincial Legislature had competence to enact legislation regulating religious institutions and related endowments. Section 298 was also held not to invalidate the measure, because the law did not prohibit holding property solely on grounds of religion and was concerned with temple worship rights within the Province. The impugned Act was therefore upheld as valid. en-us Wed, 27 Mar 1946 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 07 May 2020 18:05:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287890 A broad construction was given to entry 34 of List II in the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935: the terms "charities," "charitable institutions" and "charitable endowments" were treated as expansive, and "religious endowments" was not read as limiting the opening words. On that reading, the Provincial Legislature had competence to enact legislation regulating religious institutions and related endowments. Section 298 was also held not to invalidate the measure, because the law did not prohibit holding property solely on grounds of religion and was concerned with temple worship rights within the Province. The impugned Act was therefore upheld as valid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 27 Mar 1946 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287890