these and other analogous cases were decided upon the English law of superstitious uses which has no application to this country. West v. Shuttleworth ... certainly was decided on the law of superstitious uses. There the testatrix gave legacies to certain Roman Catholic priests and chapels for the benefit
performed a " puja" and killed him
out of their superstitious belief and accordingly, a case was registered and on completion of
the investigation ... ordinary crime but a murder associated with
a highly superstitious belief in witchcraft where many of the villagers were complicit. The
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dhups'(incense) which makes the entire environment
that of enhancement, superstitious sensitivity in the minds of
devotees, in particular people having faith in Hinduism ... cautioned that even practices
though religious may have sprung from merely superstitious
beliefs and may in that sense be extraneous and unessential
accretions to religion
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community.
3. Incident occurred without provocation based on the superstitious belief
that the victims were witches and had failed to pay the fine ... appellants committed the crime without premeditation and being
blinded by the superstitious belief that the victims were 'witches'. They laboured
under such unfounded
wounds, and were not the typical injuries that are received when a superstitious sacrifice of a person is made, rather those injuries were ... beheading the deceased would be caused at the time of a superstitious sacrifice. From their nature, it needs to be ruled out that the injuries
Again, at one time, the English law considered that donations for superstitious uses would be invalid, as any trust which had for its object ... would not be reorganised by the courts. This law as to superstitious uses, as it existed in England, was not accepted in this country. Even
presence of a witch-doctor. It appears that there is a superstitious belief amongst some people as per which a `lemon' brought ... Goddess which the `lemon' bears. There is a superstitious belief that if the person who is asked to name the God or Goddess turns
sovereigns of gold
ornaments by her parents. Respondent is a person having
superstitious beliefs who is not interested in having sex with the
petitioner ... course and he compelled the petitioner to lead a life based on
superstitious and false beliefs. The stipend received by the petitioner
while
other hand, religion is not merely
worship; and worship may be merely
superstitious. If superstitious
worship is religion, then astrology
and palmistry are sciences.
Religion ... which is
indifferent to any truth,
scientific or otherwise, it ipso
facto, superstitious. Religion is
not merely the worship of God, but
the knowledge
Hindu Religious faith and
cannot be dismissed as either irrational or
superstitious. An illustration of the importance
attached to minor details of ritual is found ... giving a go bye to claims based merely on
supernaturalism or superstitious beliefs or actions and those which
are not really, essentially or integrally matters
