Sivanmalai Subr.Swamy Devasthanam Rep ... vs S. Muthusamy Gounder (Dead) By Lr

insc-2025-1407 Supreme Court of India 26 November 2025 • CIVIL APPEAL NO. 1926 • 7 min read
1 cases cited (0 SG, 1 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Practice Areas

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Minor Inams Abolition Act, 1963 Minor Inams Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari Act, 1963

Judges (2)

B.V. Nagarathna Delivered R. Mahadevan Coram

Counsel (11)

A. Rithikha Counsel Respondent C. Prakasam Counsel Respondent Deepika Nandakumar Counsel Respondent Jyoti Parashar Counsel Appellant Kanimozhi J Counsel Respondent N.J. Ramchandar Counsel Appellant Om Prakash Counsel Respondent R. Chandrachud Counsel Appellant S. Nandakumar Counsel Respondent V. Prabhakar Counsel Appellant V.N. Raghupathy Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Sivanmalai Subramaniaswamy Devasthanam Appellant S. Muthusamy Gounder Respondent

Case Significance

Sivanmalai Subr.Swamy Devasthanam Rep ... vs S. Muthusamy Gounder (Dead) By Lr is a Supreme Court of India decision dated November 26, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1407). Civil appeal involving a temple's challenge to the High Court's reversal of concurrent findings by the Trial Court and First Appellate Court in a land title dispute under the Tamil Nadu Inam (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, restoring the concurrent findings of the lower courts that favored the temple. The bench comprised Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan. The judgment was delivered by Justice B.V. Nagarathna.

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Summary

Civil appeal involving a temple's challenge to the High Court's reversal of concurrent findings by the Trial Court and First Appellate Court in a land title dispute under the Tamil Nadu Inam (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, restoring the concurrent findings of the lower courts that favored the temple.

What was the outcome of Sivanmalai Subr.Swamy Devasthanam Rep ... vs S. Muthusamy Gounder (Dead) By Lr?

Civil appeal involving a temple's challenge to the High Court's reversal of concurrent findings by the Trial Court and First Appellate Court in a land title dispute under the Tamil Nadu Inam (Abolitio...

Statutes Cited

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Minor Inams Abolition Act, 1963
Minor Inams Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari Act, 1963
s 43

Cases Cited (1)

IN (1)
2025 INSC 1407

Cited By (1)

insc-2025-1407
Sivanmalai Subr.Swamy Devasthanam Rep ... vs S. Muthusamy Gounder (Dead) By Lr

Judgment

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