Supreme Court of India
Mahant Harnam Singh, Chela of Bhai Narain Singh v. Gurdial Singh & Anr.
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We hold that in the present case the plaintiffs/respondents, who were merely Lambardars and residents of village Jhandawala, had, in those capacities, no such interest as could entitle them to institute this suit.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Code of Civil Procedure (Act 5 of 1908), s. 92-"Persons hal'ing interest in the trusf', meaning of. The appellant was the Mahant of a Gurdwara which was maintained for a sect known as Nirmala Sadhus and was registered as one of the branches of the principal institution of Nirmala Sadhus. All its Mahants. including the appellant were Nirmala Sadhus. The institution owned land, which was donated to it by the inferior owners of the· village. It also ran a free kitchen for providing food for visitors. The respondents, who were Sikhs, .filed a suit un&!:r s. 92, Civil Procedure Code, for the
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