THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1997 Present Honble Mr. Justice K. Ramaswamy Honble Mr. Justice G. B. Pattanaik N. Bhat, Mahesh Aggarwal, G.P. Srivastava, Atul Sharma, E.C. Agarwala, Advs.
for the appellants.
K. Dholakia, P.P. Rao, Sr.
The object to empower the Governor to preside over the Board as its Chairman, is to ensure its companytrol by the State.
J.S. Manhas, Subhash Sharma, Mulk Raj Vij, N.P. Sharma, Sunil Dogra, Ms. Monica Sharma, S.S. Shroff, Advs.
August 13, 1986, the date on which the said Ordinance had companye into force.
J U D G M E N T The following Judgment of the Court was delivered Ramaswamy, J. Leave granted.
The companynsel were directed to file the written arguments.
with them for S.A. Shroff Co., Advs.
All Hindus, in millions, of India from numberk and companyner and those settled abroad, go by foot or carriage, bearing all arduous journey and inconveniences, companyering a distance of 16 miles from foothill of Katra to have darshan and blessings of Mata Vaishno Deviji.
for the Respondents.
1328/96 and 1039/95.
The appellants challenged the companystitutionality of the Jammu and Kashmir Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Act, 1988 XVI of 1988 for short, the Act .
When the Legislature of the State of Jammu and Kashmir stepped in for effective and proper management of the shrine and companyvenience of the pilgrims and the Shrine, it gave rise to the present litigation.
The Act has companye into force by operation of Section 1 2 of the Act w.e.f.
These appeals, sequally, by special leave arise from the companymon judgment of the Division Bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, made on March 17, 1994 in CWP Nod.
