Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 274 · Decided 6 November 1972
His Holiness Digya Darshan Rajendra Ram Doss v. Devendra Doss
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 274 · [1973] 2 S.C.R. 911
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 407/1971
- Decided
- 6 November 1972
- Bench
- A.N. GROVER, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, A.K. MUKHERJEA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
DfGYA DARSHAN RAJENDRA RAM DOSS; B c D E F G H v. DEVENDRA DOSS November 6, 1972 [A. N. GROVER, K. K. MATHEW AND A. K. MUKHERJEA, JJ-1 Tirupati Mutt-Succession to office of Mohunt-Succ'1sor must be North-Indian Brahmin and serrior-most disciple of last Mohunt-Agree­ ment acknowledging R be re-establi•hed as from death of last reigning mohunt. Succession to the office of Mohunt of the Mutt at Tirupati in Andbra Pradesh is regulated by custom which provides that upon the death of a Mohunt his senior disciple becomes next mohunt. This is, however, subject to the
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