https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309750 The article states that, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, religious purposes may fall within "charitable purposes" because charity was understood to include advancement of religion. It further explains that the institution's dominant character was determined from long-standing conduct, public donations, festival worship, and the surrounding evidence, which showed a public religious endowment despite later secular or cultural objects. Leasehold land did not prevent recognition of a public temple, and the mandap, library, shop rooms, dharmasala and related structures were treated as part of the same religious endowment. en-us Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:00:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309750 The article states that, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, religious purposes may fall within "charitable purposes" because charity was understood to include advancement of religion. It further explains that the institution's dominant character was determined from long-standing conduct, public donations, festival worship, and the surrounding evidence, which showed a public religious endowment despite later secular or cultural objects. Leasehold land did not prevent recognition of a public temple, and the mandap, library, shop rooms, dharmasala and related structures were treated as part of the same religious endowment. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309750