(1) This Act may be called Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1955.
(2) Sections 1, 2, and 3 shall come into force at once and the rest of the provisions of this-Act shall come into force on such date* as the State Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf.
CASE LAWS Sec. 1 - Validity of Act - Right of Raja of Puri - Right's as Adya Sebak and of Superintendence - Distinction - Latter rights not property - Act does not offend Arts.
19(1)(f) and 31(2).
Held, the rights and duties of the Raja of Puri as Adya Sebak should be carefully distinguished from his rights and duties as the hereditary superintendent of the Jagannath Temple: Ram Chandra Deb v. The State of Orissa : AIR 1959 Ori. 5.
Secs. 1, 5 - Worshippers of Jagannath - Not a religious denomination - Transfer of management to persons professing Hinduism - Art.26(d) not contravened : Ram Chandra Deb v. The State of Orissa : AIR 1959 Ori.5.
Sec. 1, 15 - Validity of Act - Does not contravene Art. 26(b) There is no provision in the Sri Jagannath Temple Act, 1955, which interferes with the religious practices in the Temple. On the other hand, Sub-sec. (1) of Sec. 15 makes it mandatory for the Committee to see that the daily and periodical Nities of the Temple are properly performed : Ram Chandra Deb v. The State of Orissa: AIR 1959 Ori. 5.