Rewa Shankar v Narasinghji Mahara

Date09 August 1956
CourtJudicial Commissioner's Court (India)
India, Judicial Commissioner's Court of Himachal Pradesh.

(Ramabhadran C.J.)

Rewa Shankar and Another
and
Narasinghji Maharaj and Others.

Jurisdiction — Exemptions from — Heads of States — Position of Rulers of Former Indian States — Ruler Acting as Trustee.

The Facts.—This was an action for possession of certain lands in Kanaur and Bajhar and for mesne profits. The lands in question belonged to the Ruler of the Dhami State and as they had been dedicated to Sri Narasinghji Maharaj, who was the family deity of the ruling house of the Dhami State, the latter appeared as the first defendant in the action while the present Ruler acted as the...

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