In Brief
The Supreme Court remitted a dispute concerning whether a temple was private family property or a public religious endowment. The appellants claimed the temple was their exclusive family place of worship, but a Gazette-published Register of Endowments entry attributed the endowment to the appellants' father for public/charitable purposes. While the entry carried a presumption of official validity, the witness who produced it testified to ignorance of its preparation, and the record showed no proof that the legally prescribed registration procedure was followed. The Court held such a presumption rebuttable and remitted the matter to the Endowment Authority to allow both parties to submit fresh evidence on procedural compliance.
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