GANESAN REP BY ITS POWER AGENT G. RUKMANI GANESAN vs THE COMMISSIONER THE TAMIL NADU HINDU RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE ENDOWMENTS BOARD — C.A. No. 4582/2019

Case under Section XII-B. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010106942018

Filing Date

21-Mar-2018

Registration No

C.A. No. 4582/2019

Diary Number

10694/2018

Order Date

03-May-2019

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Neutral Citation

2019 INSC 623

Disposal Type

Allowed

Last updated 03-Apr-2026

Acts & Sections

Section XII-B

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.GANESAN REP BY ITS POWER AGENT G. RUKMANI GANESAN

    Adv. A. LAKSHMINARAYANAN

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE COMMISSIONER THE TAMIL NADU HINDU RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE ENDOWMENTS BOARD

    Adv. M.P. PARTHIBAN[caveat] M.P. PARTHIBAN[R-3] VINODH KANNA B.[R-1] VINODH KANNA B.[R-2]

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 03-May-2019

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  3. 03-May-2019

    Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 03-May-2019

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph

  5. 11-Apr-2019

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  6. 11-Apr-2019

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph

  7. 10-Apr-2019

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  8. 10-Apr-2019

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph

  9. 27-Mar-2019

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  10. 27-Mar-2019

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph

  11. 11-Mar-2019

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  12. 11-Mar-2019

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph

  13. 18-Feb-2019

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  14. 18-Feb-2019

    After Week/Month/Vacation

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph

  15. 01-Feb-2019

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  16. 01-Feb-2019

    Fresh

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph

  17. 12-Nov-2018

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  18. 12-Nov-2018

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  19. 21-Mar-2018

    Case filed

    Registration No. C.A. No. 4582/2019

  20. [ 2019 INSC 623 ]

    Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF

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casestatus.in Summary

SUMMARY In this Hindu Endowment Act case, Ganesan challenged the Tamil Nadu Endowment Board Commissioner's order condoning a 266-day delay in filing a statutory appeal. The Supreme Court allowed Ganesan's appeal and set aside the condonation order. The Court held that while the Commissioner conducts appeals "as nearly as may be" per Civil Procedure Code procedures, the Commissioner is not a "Court" under the Hindu Religious Endowment Act, 1959. Consequently, Section 5 of the Limitation Act (which allows courts to excuse filing delays) does not apply before the Commissioner. The Act contains only limited provisions for computing limitation periods, not for extending them. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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