The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and other Matters October & November 1932

Eerernng to the decision of their Lordships on the fit st point it is said “the opinion thus broadly expressed may lead to misconception and is contrary to the spirit and.principles of Hindu Law.” Finally it is remarked “the crucial question in all such cases is whether the person has taken up the fourth asram of a Hindu i. e. that of a sanyasi after performing the due religious ceremonies and [...] It is equally difficult to accept the proposition that the adoption of the fourth Asram after merely performing the due religious ceremonies and formalities:is sufficient to bring the relationship of husband and wife to an end. [...] It must however be remembered that the condition precedent to the observance of these formalities and the performance of such ceremonies is the eligibility of a particular person to do so. [...] Now dealing in the abstract with the case of an able-bodied man who has deserted his wife and become a Sanyasi under like circumstances it is respectfully submitted that his supposed icapacity to earn money being the outcome of his own act viz the adoption of the order of a canyasi should not be regarded as a valid defence—his conduct as indicated above being in violtion of the rules and [...] Judges of the Calcutta High Court assembled on Tuesday the 15th November 1932 in the court of the Chief Justice to mourn the death of Sir Ali Imam who was for many years a member of the Calcutta Bar and was Standing Counsel in 1909.