Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 166 · Decided 26 April 1962
S.S. Garewal v. MESSRS. Bhowra Kankanee Colleries
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1962 INSC 166 · [1963] 2 S.C.R. 475
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 526/1959
- Decided
- 26 April 1962
- Bench
- T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
,/ 2 S.C.R. SUPREME OOURT REPORTS 475 The fa.ot that he does not believe in such thing does not make him any the less a Hindu. The non­ belief in rituals or even in some dogmas does not ipso facto remove him from the fold of Hinduism. He was born a Hindu and continues to be one till he takes we have no do.ubt that this defendant had applied his mind to the question before him. Whatever may be his personal predilections or views on Hindu religion and its rituals, he is a Hindu and he disoharged his duty as a guardian of the widow in the matter of giving his consent. In the
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