Supreme Court of India
Sri Aurobjndo Ashram Trust and Ors. v. R. Ramanathan and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the appellants have . done what could reasonably be expected of them in relation to the objectionable book, pending a determination by the Orissa High Court.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - s.92 - Suit under - By the persons concerned with the appellant-trust (Aurobindo Ashram Trust) - Praying for removal of the trustees of the appellant-Trust as the trustees failed to support the tenets and philosophy of Shri Aurobindo - It was alleged that the trustees failed to take any positive action to prohibit the availability of an objectionable book (biography of Shri Aurobindo written by one of the inmates of the Ashram, which contained distortions relating to life of Shri Aurobindo) or dissociate themselves from it and instead assisted the author -
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