The Madras High Court on Wednesday restrained Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department from evicting Queensland Amusement Park at Pappanchatiram village in Kancheepuram district for want of conclusive evidence to prove that the property belonged to Kasi Viswanathar and Venugopaleeswarar temple.
Justice V.M. Velumani allowed writ petitions filed by owners of the amusement park and set aside the eviction proceedings initiated under Section 78 of the HR&CE Act. The judge held that the department could invoke the legal provision only if the property was owned by a religious institution and not otherwise.
