Supreme Court of India

Gurcharan Prasad & Ors. v. P. Krishnanand Giri & Anr. Etc.

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Reported as [1968] 2 S.C.R. 600
Bench R. S. Bathawat and G. K. Mitter JJ.
Decided 13 December 1967

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Hindu Law--£ndowment-Mchanti of math carrying on ntOMY­ lending business, acquiring and disposing of properties-Properties how far personal-Religious head wheat her can own personal property. The successive Mahants of Uttar Giri Math in Benaras acquired pro­ perties and made dispositions of properties to their disciples who succeed­ ed them. The incumbent of the office of Mahant in 1904 entered into a mar­ riage against the custom of the brotherhood. One of his collatcrab th~ upon filed a suit in wh.ich be claimed to be put in possession of the pro­ perties of the Math, also challenging some

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