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Religious denomination, different sects and sub-sects of the Hindu Religion having a common faith and a common spiritual organisation come under the definition of denomination, Shirur Math v. Commission of Endowment, (1952) 1 MLJ 557.Religious denomination, enjoys certain rights per-taining to the establishment, management etc., of its own religion and charitable institutions, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 4th Edn., Vol. 2, p. 159.Religious denomination, in India, subject to public order, morality and health, every religious denomination or any section thereof enjoys the fundamental right to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes, to manage its own affairs in matters of religion, to own and acquire movable and immovable property and to administer such property in accordance with law, Constitution of India, Art. 26.Religious denomination, is a religious sect or body having a common faith and organization and designated by a...
Hindu religious institutions
Hindu religious institutions, the Constitution of India guarantees freedom to profess, practice and propagate religion, however the Hindu religious institutions of a public character are open to all classes and sections of Hindus; Hindus include Sikhs, Jains and Budhists, Constitution of India, Art. 25(1) and (2)(b).The Hindu institutions of public character do not include private or family temples; but do not exclude denominational temples or temples founded for the benefit of particular sections of the Hindus, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol D, p. 230....
Religious institutions of a public character
Religious institutions of a public character, the expression 'religious institutions of a public character' occurring in Article 25(2)(b) of the Constitution contemplates not merely temples dedicated to the public as a whole but also those founded for the benefit of ss. thereof and includes denominational temples as well, Sri Venkataramana Devaru v. Stateof Mysore, AIR 1958 SC 255: (1958) SCR 895. [Constitution of India, Art 25(2)(b)...
Dunker
One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists but partly those of the Quakers called also Tunkers Dunkards Dippers and by themselves Brethren and German Baptists and they call their denomination the Church of the Brethren...
Brawling
Brawling [fr. brailler, Fr., to brawl], the offence of quarrelling, or creating a disturbance in the church or churchyard, punished by 5 & 6 Edw. 4, c. 4 [partly repealed by 9 Geo. 4, c. 31, s. 1, and wholly repealed as to laymen by the (English) Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 32)], by excommunication and suspension, and also, by the unrepealed but disused 1 Mary, st. 2, c. 3, by imprisonment until the party repent.By the Act of 1860, persons guilty of riotous, violent, or indecent behaviour in churches and chapels of the Church of England or Ireland, or in any chapel of any religious denomination, or in England in any place of religious worship duly certified under the (English) Places of Worship Registration Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 81), or in church-yards or burial grounds, on conviction before two justices are made liable to a penalty of not more than 5l., or imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months, See Matthews v. King, (1934) 1 KB 505...
Establish and maintain
Establish and maintain, the words 'establish and maintain' must be read conjunctively and it is only institutions which a religious denomination establishes which it can claim to maintain. The right to maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes would include the right to administer them, S. Azeez Basha v. Union of India, AIR 1968 SC 667 (674): (1968) 1 SCR 833. [Constitution of India, Art. 26(a)]...
Sect
Sect, it represents a religious denomination and also sub-division of that religious community or section of the electorate, Hari Ram Sri Harpesh v. Election Tribunal, Muzaffarnagar, AIR 1970 All 146 (150)....
nondenominational
not restricted to a particular religious denomination as a nondenominational school...
Denomination
Denomination, in relation to a variety or its propagating material or essentially derived variety or its propagating material, means the denomination of such variety or its propagating material or essentially derived variety or its propagating material, as the case may be, expressed by means of letters or a combination of letters and figures written in any language. [Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer's Rights Act, 2001 (53 of 2001), s. 2(g)]Denomination, is only 'sect', Maclaughlin v. Campbell, (1906) 1 IR 588....
High denomination bank note
High denomination bank note, 'high denomination bank note' means a bank note of the denomina-tional value of one thousand rupees, five thousand rupees or ten thousand rupees, issued by the Reserve Bank. [High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonstration) Act, 1978, s. 2(d)]...
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