Central Board Of Dawoodi Bohra ... vs State Of Maharashtra&Anr on 17 December, 2004
Equivalent citations: AIR 2005 SUPREME COURT ... Writ Petition (civil) 740 of 1986
PETITIONER:
Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community & Anr.
RESPONDENT:
State of Maharashtra & Anr.
DATE OF JUDGMENT
Excommunication, Prevention of-Enactment-
Constitutional validity-Fundamental rights of
members of Dawoodi Bohra community and its
religious Head, if infringed- Bombay Prevention of
Excommunication ... included the included the religious denomination
of Dawoodi Bohras. The petitioner, who was the
religious head of the Dawoodi Bohra community and
trustee
trust deeds were in identical terms. The two sisters belonged to Dawoodi Bohra community and the trusts were executed in respect of certain properties which ... trust deeds the properties were vested for the benefit of Dawoodi Bohra community to be managed and applied by the chief of the Dawoodi Bohra
Verma vs Dawoodi Bohra Masjid Committee Thr. The ... on 4 December, 2007
Equivalent citations: 2008(1)MPHT416
Author: A.K. Shrivastava
Bench: A.K. Shrivastava
Dawat Institute Of Dawoodi Bohra ... vs Income Tax Officer on 17 April, 2008
Equivalent citations: (2008)116TTJ(MUM)673
ORDER
Sunil Kumar Yadav ... assessee is a religious and charitable trust for the benefit of Dawoodi Bohara community and its objects are religious and charitable in nature. The total
JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.740 OF 1986
Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community
& Anr. … Petitioners
v.
The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents ... Mutlaq and the head of the Dawoodi Bohra community,
challenged the Excommunication Act on the ground that the
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same infringes the fundamental rights
plaintiff claims to
be the religious head and spiritual leader of Dawoodi Bohra Community and is described
as Dai-ul-Mutlaq being the 52nd incumbent ... Dawoodi Bohras of Udaipur have disassociated themselves from the movements of "Bohra
Youth Association" and "the Dawoodi Bohra Jamaat, Udaipur
over possession and management of a burial ground, known as "Dawoodi Bohra Cemetery" at Sewri, which is presently managed by the petitioner ... petitioner is a citizen of India, a member of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim Community and the Head Amil of Bombay appointed
null, void or illegal being contrary to and against the Dawoodi Bohra Law as alleged by the plaintiff in paragraph 7-A of the amended ... called as Khojas and Bohras. Now, the parties belong to Bohra Community which is popularly known as Dawoodi Bohra who are largely settled in Western
follows:-
5. His Holiness the Mullaji Saheb of the Dawoodi Bohra Community and his successors in office shall be the sole Amin of the Mosque ... Amil and Khadim therefor, in accordance with the tenets of the Dawoodi Bohra religion free from any interference or control on the part
