. . lN THE HICH ccuni:: OF JUDlCATUHE AT .MA!JftAS .No. 787 of 2002 .. Shr:l Aurcibind o Ashnrn Trust Pondiche.rry ' Rep. by its. l)ilan<1ging. 1'rustl'!e Mx 0 Gupt3il. · 2 Mr. Vff 3. D i1 . Kumar D®tta • M<1moj DOJS 5.. • @ Albert Sri AU.rl}bi,r'ldo A!!ltb:@lll 605 002" = PEUTIQ\IEHS REPOHT OF THE li'.NJ.JJlRY OFI ICER . . ' . ' !) This Hen 1 hle Court by order 6 ;;ited 13 .09 .2002 0 in C.R.P. No. 707/29Q2 ;;ippointei:i me G!S am Enquiry (}fficeru to go into the iiH.:.ts i!llleged the Plaintiff by the Defend ants. 1 w<l.ls Oils p r:l to ' ' conduct the enqui:r:y proceedings at Pon!iliche:r:ry on ' prio.tlty b<!sis The Hon a bl@ !High Court 01 o ordered . the Enquiry Officer h<lve all the powers of trying a .Suit in conducting thie @nquiryo, . . . l r ll!:Ceivoo the on.I er on 2L09 •md ,I wrote to the .Advocates appel!ring for the phintiH am:;! ' . . ; • ' t '. defend;;).nts oo 23.09.2002 to meet me <it M®dtas to ' .. finalise the proceedings for cond.ucting .an enquiry <\ls ordered by this Hon 9 ble CotJ:rt. ACco:r.'dingly c:in 04el0.2002 ' both the s met H wl:ls d eicided to.conduct ' t,..-. the from on a diiiy toitlay'bii!Sis until the enquiry is ..
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lN THE HICH ccuni:: OF JUDlCATUHE AT .MA!JftAS
C~RoP. (P~p) .No. 787 of 2002
.. Shr:l Aurcibind o Ashnrn Trust Pondiche.rry ' Rep. by its. l)ilan<1ging. 1'rustl'!e Mx 0 M~noj'D@s Gupt3il. ·
2 Mr. Vff PE~k®Gh.Joh~r
3. Mr~ D i1 . Kumar D®tta
4~ • M<1moj DOJS Gupt~
5.. • .A.J1n~$h P~t.el @ Albert
Sri AU.rl}bi,r'ldo A!!ltb:@lll PUID1CHEfil~Y 605 002"
Hem{lhth~
= PEUTIQ\IEHS
REPOHT OF THE li'.NJ.JJlRY OFI ICER .
. ' . ' !) This Hen 1hle Court by order 6 ;;ited 13 .09 .2002 0
in C.R.P. No. 707/29Q2 ;;ippointei:i me G!S am Enquiry
(}fficeru to go into the iiH.:.ts i!llleged ag~inst the
Plaintiff by the Defend ants. 1 w<l.ls Oils p r:l ;trect~ to
' ' conduct the enqui:r:y proceedings at Pon!iliche:r:ry on
' prio.tlty b<!sis ~ The Hon a bl@ !High Court 01 o ordered .
the Enquiry Officer W@U~~ h<lve all the powers of
~ JU!lg~ trying a G~\dl .Suit in conducting thie @nquiryo,
. . . l r ll!:Ceivoo the on.I er on 2L09 ~2002 •md ,I
wrote to the .Advocates appel!ring for the phintiH am:;! ' . .
; • ' t '.
defend;;).nts oo 23.09.2002 to meet me <it M®dtas to ' ..
finalise the proceedings for cond.ucting .an enquiry <\ls
ordered by this Hon 9ble CotJ:rt. ACco:r.'dingly c:in 04el0.2002
' both the s met m~ ~ncl H wl:ls d eicided to.conduct ' t,..-.
the ~nquiry from 7~10.2002 on a diiiy toitlay'bii!Sis until
the enquiry is complet.~1 ..
3) During th is meeting D the Counsel i or the W:tit
peirtition@rs filed ···.a mem6nindum requesting me to conduct
th~ i.'!nqui:ry into the charge~ !llQl':linst Sri Krishna Bellhppai
;in 1nm<lte of the /\shr.;;ir11 also aip~rt from the enqu
orderetil 9 to find out the truth
by the Trustees illgainst Ms H em~htha o Since the" order
o{ the Hon °ble High Court d not r;:lirect me to conduct iiln
~nquiry &gaiinst Mr. Krishna B elliapps& I dW not. all?w this
memor;Jindum <ind informed the petitioru.:n: 1 s ~VOC<llte to seek
directions from th.i Hon 1ble High Coi.'..rt. The Advocoate for
petitioner fUerl another memorandum p;tsying that the
®nquiry should be conducted with out the p@rtlcipation of
the hwyers. I d ecli.ned to ~ccept this roquQst ii!ho, lllnd
informed the pa.rths that botn the pi.'lrties n® iantitl~d to
h;;ive the .assistanc<~ of lawyers 9 to t:onduct thti proceeelings ~ 1
. 4) I reached Pond icher:ry in the After noon of
' 06.10.2002 and the Government of Pondicherry had proyided
aecommod:;ition in the Governm~nt Guest House, Uppal<nn" . .,
Pondicher:ry,, 1 had occupied two ~ooras 0 one for my
residonce eind one for conducting the enquiry.
5), The enqt.11.:ry cOlltrnenced on 07 .10020{)2 at l0.30 AoM=
tmd enquiry was held every day from 10@30 A.M. to 5.30 P@M
snd on two days beyong 5 .. 30 P.,Mo Sri Aurobindo Ashram
was represented not by ain Advoc$te 0 but by ian irun<\lte
of Aurobindo Ashram Trust. Mr, ·Mathri Pus ad" The
Respondent 11 emalatha Prasad WillS represented by her . '!
M:r0 J. Cy:l.'il M~thhs VincentD Advocate,
Pond kher:ry.
6) Sri J\urobindo dish:ram exi\lmined 6
20 documents <is Ex o
Ms. Hiem;;ihtha Pnasad «.!ltffiined herself as D.W ol and two '
others and marked 36 do(;uments es E1t. B""l to B-36.
S:r.i Aurobind? Ashnm is ill Tryst. an>) the Decbratioo
of Trust was created on 07.l0.1955 by the Divine Mother and
:registered in S .R .o. V~nu:r. Under the Trust Deed§ ~fter th~
life time of Divine Mothar, a body of ·rrustees con~ is ting of
5 ~nmoites of the J\islu:am will take ove:.r 0 oind the ,entire pxope:rty
of the TI;ust will vest in them with <>ll powers of management.
Chus~ (2 ) of the trust Deed describ0s the powers of thE!
Trustees which is <11s followsg-.,,
7)
I!'! The Trustees or Trustee for the time being shdl ha11e the absolute management 0nd entire
control of the !:rust properties of Sri Aurobind o Ashram and may -from time to time make; rescind. and
ii!/terfuch ~ogubtiens (not being inconsis·taint with
these presents or the aims <'Ind objects of the Ashram)
. a~ th;y or he maiy thi~k fi ~ with respect to the pu:rpos e Of which, the mann~r in which@ the persons
' by whom the terms Eilnd cond iti011s on which the s
Ashrsm anti its va.tloos Gieputments "1nd «1ctivities
she j /ii~hroim~ atie wa~ a1 B~ology Teich~!"@ ~nd subsequently i ' ) I.,~·- J I ) , ; ·, / • : •' : : . • •
~hys Educ~tioo Inst:i;'\;lct~r~ All the ies in the Ashr@m . . f. ' ' (? .. : i ! ~' rJ ')1 ' ~ ' ' .- ' .
above 17 ye&1xs would be under her control for physical education • ' • ' ; ' ! • ~· . 1 ' ' • :: ! J .( '1' ' > • ' ! ' ' ! . r. 11 Q
She is also.1.~emb~~ of theJ\~visory o'f the Trustees@ . J ..... '.I ' ·.: ·.:. ~}. il ... i~.( \ .....
Ajlnt from this. s ha is 1n Mministr~tor of Tr4?ssor Nu:rs Hom : . i ·; ~ .f J t} ) :· . ) ·~· le l, ~ f '.
Vllhich wH st81rted by her la toe brother Dr. S .. Do Sen who "u 1 ' ' 'f ; f : I ·,rt • ro "'.,. '.1 ' .,, ;· • ' • t • •
p.:rohiH;or in Surgery in Jipme:t Hospitd at Pon1Hche:cry,, After • 1 •• , : :· • • r! ~ ~ ·1 ;' ( ~; ~); '! .... · · \ . · · the !!!e1th of her brother 0 she bec~me the Mministr;;;tore
' ·I ·< ': , ·:. :,·_t w -rt · .. · · , ' ., ' Acco~ 1n'1j to her 9 she knows D .w .1 Hem.ahth<i Pnsad and <Also P
· i 1' - ~ • ! ·, i: :· ~ · ) ( I : ' :. '. !"'1 , • " "1 t · i · . , , ~ . ' ' · · '
Krishn~ B~l~!appa ... She kne~ D.W.l ~ecause she was~ stu~ent f ! ' ' : ' ' ' ' I ' . ., ; ~ '\ ;i C " " I, ·• , . '
in the C&ntre of • Accord 1ng to her 9 as J\dm:l.nist:roitor • ' ' . ; [ \ . ~ fl : .. . !
of Tressor Nur!ting Home, she received 1\1 report from a member '. r i ~T \ J c;q j t. fl j' ~,--. • .i "· t r. "" "' ·: ·~ « ! , , I
of the steff that one particul@r cas~ s~eet was missing an~ I • ii: ,;. '\ '·.,, ,l•r , :'· r e ' ' ',
on verification she found th~t it was the c~se sheet m@intain~ • ~ r_ ; '. · t t~ '. l; I ·t1 I ! • i 1 • I h '
by P0Wo5 Dr0 Prabav~thi for D.W.l Hemal.,tha Prasad. It would • \ • '! e • . 1 ' ' ( :· '•
appear that PrnW.5 had ~irected D.W~l to take a sonogram ii l!I." : . . : . . ,. ')) • it \ ·.. • • • , ''.,. p .
from .~:~h:r~m.N,u~~i~~ H?me:lt was repor-~oo to her by.P.W.5
that <ifter she w&'ls directoo to take sono~rram@ D.w.1 did not " .; . l\u.NA "''' . I'·. '
come back to her with the sonogram. P.W.5 informed ~bout thisD ) '
to P.W.,l who 011skoo her to find out wh~t Wils the re.,son for ~ I, It ' ·~ , r t
taking, s,ooogfam for D.W.,l.
l~) Pellll~2 called D~W.1 to he'.i:' house 1;100 she'cam@'with D.IN.2
N iU., P.W.2 took her aside @nd isked her whiilt had happened.,