https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292352 The District Court's ordinary civil jurisdiction did not extend to removing a trustee and Sarpanch of a religious endowment unless the special statutory route was properly invoked. Under the Religious Endowments Act, 1863, jurisdiction lay only with the principal civil court of original jurisdiction or another court specifically empowered by the State Government, and no such empowerment of the Additional District Judge was shown. The application was also not brought under that enactment, and the statutory machinery under the Madhya Pradesh Public Trusts Act, 1951, including the Registrar's prior steps, had not been followed. The removal order was therefore without jurisdiction and could not stand. en-us Mon, 08 Aug 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 14:11:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292352 The District Court's ordinary civil jurisdiction did not extend to removing a trustee and Sarpanch of a religious endowment unless the special statutory route was properly invoked. Under the Religious Endowments Act, 1863, jurisdiction lay only with the principal civil court of original jurisdiction or another court specifically empowered by the State Government, and no such empowerment of the Additional District Judge was shown. The application was also not brought under that enactment, and the statutory machinery under the Madhya Pradesh Public Trusts Act, 1951, including the Registrar's prior steps, had not been followed. The removal order was therefore without jurisdiction and could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 08 Aug 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292352