Shiv Mandir Trust vs Gopi Chand Rathi & Ors on 21 May, 2012
It is further stated that the defendant/respondent number 1 was only
an ordinary member of the plaintiff/appellant society till about January
2007, when his membership was cancelled. It is further stated that the
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defendant/respondent number 1 in order to gain control over the society
with the active connivance of certain other persons in or about the month
of August 2004, alongwith his companions and henchmen tried to
transgress upon the temple property by forcibly raising some construction
work on the western gate of the temple. The executive members of the
plaintiff/appellant society protested to the same, police was called and
proceedings under section 107/150 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
were initiated. It is further stated that during the period of October 2004 to
mid 2009, defendant/respondent number 1 and his companions continued
their attempts to grab the temple and its properties on one pretext or the
other. It is further stated that previous executive committee of the
plaintiff/appellant society had been elected for a period of three years as
per the rules and by-laws of the plaintiff/appellant society and its terms
was over in March 2007. Accordingly, in accordance with the rules and
bye-laws a General Body Meeting was convened, on 01.04.2007, when the
present executive committee was duly elected by the members of the
plaintiff/appellant society. It is further stated that on or about 03.09.2009,
while, the executive committee of the plaintiff society was on way to get
the renovation/reconstruction work done, the defendant/respondent number
1 to 13, in connivance with each other and in conspiracy with some
unknown associates/servants/henchmen, tried to disrupt the said work and
even demolished a part of the shops and the toilet block as also the
platform. A complaint was lodged by the plaintiff/appellant society, on
05.09.2009 through it's executive committee members with the local
police.