The Calcutta Law Journal. December 16th 1931

There is so much anthropomorphism mixN-1 up with mysticism in the Vedic conception of the deities that an entity of the type contemplated in the Vedas is not of any use in the jural world. [...] 178-79) 1a111111 q 011* 291 kW' in as much as articles are offered in the worship of the deity with the coject of the satisfaction of the deity therefore the deities have no right thereto (the opponent takes the extreme course that the deities cannot have any right because of the absence of consciouness the conclusion drawn by Gaswami following Raghunandan). [...] The juridical construct that is at the basit* of the notion of juristic personality is that any right and duty bearing entity is a person Whenever any assertl a is made with regard to the entity one must be satisfied as to the fundamental legal capacity that the entity may hare. [...] The sole text applied to a Hindu deity does not bring out the essential features of a juristic person Thus the remark in Vidya Varati Tirtha Szvaming: v. Balaszvami Ayyar 26 C. W. N. p. 547 "Under the Hiniu Law the image of a deity of the Hindu Pantheon is a juristic entity " can not be considerei to go to the essence of the problem. [...] In fact the text writers have definitely asserted that debuttar is not the property of the deity it is dedicated to a purpose and the manager or shebait is only a trustee for the purpose.