poor and carrying out other charitable objects. He appointed himself as the shebait and five other persons as assistant shebaits for carrying out the sheba ... deity as also for carrying out the charitable objects. These assistant shebaits are named in para. 2 of the plaint in suit
Dwarka Nath Mitter (As Shebait Of The ... vs Tara Prosunna Roy And Ors. on 22 July, 1889
Equivalent citations: (1890)ILR 17CAL160
JUDGMENT
Prinsep
site, in and previous to the year 1897, some ruins stood. The Shebait of this temple is represented by the respondent. Should the property ... perpetual. A rule, therefore, which could authorise and empower the Shebait of such a temple, arbitrarily, at his own mere will and pleasure to alienate
continuance of the appellant Raja Peary Mohan Mukerji in the office of Shebait to the debottar estcate of Sri Sri Iswar Gopaleswar Shiva Thakur ... will providing for the order of succession to the office of the Shebait among the testator's own descendants.
3. The testator died shortly
suit that the plaintiffs-appellants had no title to sue as the Shebait and that the title of Shebait was in the elder widow ... same Debutter in the year 1915 and making himself the first Shebait. That document provided for the devolution of the office of. Shebaitshipsas follows
years 1923 and 1940 and before their death they respectively acted as shebaits in terms of the said Deed of Arpannama. Thereafter, those two brothers ... acted as joint shebaits with Sashimukhi, and after the death of those two brothers their present heirs namely Gopinath, his brother and their cousins acted
observed in this case that where the acts of the alleged shebait are being impugned, the idol may sue through a next friend ... declaration that the alienation of the temple properties by the de jure Shebait is invalid and not binding upon the temple. If a Shebait
instituted by a large number of persons who purported to be shebaits of a certain deity known as Lakshmi Janardan Jew established by the Nandis ... Jamgram in the district of Hooghly and the defendants are all co-shebaits of the plaintiffs. The prayers in the plaint are of a twofold
Code of Civil Procedure (Act 5 of 1908), s. 92-Shebait of
Hindu idol alienating idols Property--suit by worshipper on
behalf of idol ... recovery of said
property-Suit whether governed by s. 92 .
Hindu Law-Shebait acting adversely to interests of idol or
not protecting its interest Right
recognition as
such. There had been changes in the person of the Shebait
of the idol twice, the previous incumbent dying and his son
being ... respondent therefore
passed an order demanding Matmi dues from the present
Shebait. The appellant by a Writ Petition disputed the
validity of the order
