Supreme Court of India

Sardar Syedna Taher Saifuddin Saheb v. The State of Bombay

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Reported as [1962] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 496
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 9 January 1962

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Excommunication, Pret·enlion of-Enactment-Conalitu­ ticnal rolidity-Fundamrntal rights of membua of Dawoodi Bohra r.cmmunity and its religious Brad, if infringtd-Bomhay l:'ret·en:ion of Excommunication Act, I949(Bom. 42 oJ 1949), sa. 2, J-l'o1.stitution of ft,dia, Arts. 25, 26, 17. By s.3 of the Bombay Prevention of Excommunication Act, 1949 (Born. 42 of 1949), it is provided thal "Norwithstanding anything contained _in al\Y law, custom or usage for the time being in force, to the contrary, no t'xcommunication of a mem· bcr of any community shall be valid and shall be of any effect." The

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