Week 16 | Case Study: Gopaldas Versus Ram Baksh

Respondent Ghisalal instituted the a suit on 25th August 1951, against the appellant Ma-hant Gopal Das on the allegation that the said Ma-hant Gopal Das borrowed Rs. 1,475 from the plaintiff on 15th September 1948, for the purpose of providing Bhog Kharach for the temple of Shri Janki Ballabhji, of which the defendant was the Mahant, and promised to repay the same on the 14th of January 1949, but as he failed to pay the same, the suit had to be instituted for the recovery of the principal amount of Rs. 1,475 and interest Rs. 258-2-0, total being Rs. 1,733-2-0.