I’ve uploaded Shri Ganpati Panchayatan Sansthan Trust v. Union of India; many thanks to Vicki Steiner of the UCLA Law Library for tracking it down for me.

Categories: Religion and the Law    

    6 Comments

    1. Joe T. Guest says:

      First they came for the Hindu Gods, but I said nothing because I did not have eight surplus arms…

    2. Tracy Johnson says:

      India has some things to thank the British Empire for, the English court system and Latin.

    3. Relieved says:

      I for one am relieved that gods won’t be allowed to use their access to asymmetric information for pecuniary gain. Insider trading?

    4. JohnM says:

      “India has some things to thank the British Empire for, the English court system and Latin.”

      True. Probably not many Sanskrit readers on the VC. :-)

    5. Northern Dave says:

      “…and the Petitioner being a unregistered private trust does not have any
      legal status for action being taken against it.”

      From pg 3 of the pdf (thank you EV) in sec. 4 of the oral judgement. Sounds like the key (and totally sane) point. If it were a registered trust then one would apparently have legal recourse if necessary.

      Anyone know why they don’t just register the trust?

    6. Barega says:

      Undertaking some browsing and observed your web site seems somewhat messed up in my K-meleon web browser. But thankfully hardly anyone uses it any lengthier but you may well would like to look into it.