meet this indebtedness, the defendant, the Shebait, on November 6, 1906, borrowed from the plaintiff the sum of Rs. 25,000, bearing interest ... justice of the Court.
9. To this plaint the defendant, the Shebait, filed a long written statement signed by his agent It begins with
brought by them as executors of Bijoy Krishna Mukerji, who was shebait of a debottar estate for nearly four years, to recover ... acts, and provided for the order of succession to the office of shebait among his own descendants.
The first shebait was the appellant
assert its right only by a recognised human agency known as a shebait, or dharmakarta, and sometimes called trustee. See Jagadindranath Roy v. Hemanta Kumari ... because of this peculiarity that the worshippers, the Advocate-General a prospective shebait, and only persons interested in the temple or mutt, are allowed
suit for a declaration that the plaintiff has become a shebait of certain deities in the place of the deceased, Tarag Dassi and Kristo Moti ... dated March 5, 1934 for the purpose of ascertaining succession to the shebait-ship of the deities mentioned in the plaint, for a declaration that
villages in question appertain. The
defendants first party re the shebaits of a
debottar estate, (sic) known as the Paikpara estate, and (sic) which ... separate from the Paikpara Debottar estate of the deity and its 'shebaits', not being parties to Title Suit
recovery of possession of the same. Mahant Parsuram Dass was the shebait of the Pita Maheshwar Thakurbari, Gaya.
The plaintiff, Mahant Jairani Dass was initiated ... this dedication he also imposed a condition on the shebaits of the Thakurbari that they were to be absolutely debarred from making any sort
must be regarded
as an office like that of a shebait and cannot be regarded
as heritable property.
Dismissing the appeal,
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HELD: The right ... baridars cannot be equated with
the right and duties of a shebait. The baridars were not
managers of the shrine in the sense that
Hindu Law
Religious endowment-Founder by will making his wife
shebait-No disposition in will regarding the shebaiti right-
On death of founder widow succeeding ... entire property to the deity, and made his wife the
Mohatmim/ Shebait without any power to transfer any
property. In accordance with the directions
whereunder he nominated the plaintiff and his brother as
Shebaits of the Mandir. During his life time by Deed of
Adoption dated January ... appellant had sought a relief of declaration of
succession as a Shebait to the mandir, possession thereof
and consequential perpetual injunction against the
respondents from
deity. The appellant called upon the
respondent, who had been appointed shebait and manager of
all the dedicated properties, to furnish returns and the
respondent ... have a member of the family as manager or shebait;
but the shebait was subject to the superintendence and
control of a body of outsiders
