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…end of March 1911 and returned to India onlyin the beginning of October 191 I, during which time, so far as the plaintiff was aware, the boys were kept away from associating with the said Mr. Leadbeater. 6. In or about November 1911 the defendant told the plaintiff that the boys were making rapid Spiritual progress and were approaching initiation by the Masters (a set of superhuman gurus living on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas) believed in by the Theosophists. She therefore propOsed to keep the boys With Mr. Leadbeater at ‘Ootaca- mund pr…
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…, that the plaintiff realized fully howmalicious and mendacious the defendant was and how totally unfit she was to be the guardian of the boys. 10. The plaintiff submits that as the guardian of the boys he is entitled to their custody, and even otherwise, in the interest of the boys and their moral welfare, the defendant ought to be compelled‘to give them up to the plaintiff or to such other person as the Court may think fit. The plaintiff sent a notice on the 11th July demanding that the boys should be brought back to India and replaced under th…
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…remove from Adyar, which he has accordingly done. The defendant has now returned to India, and has purposely refrained from bringing the boys with her to India in order to hamper the plaintiff in his efforts to recover the boys. 9. The plaintiff states that all along the defendant has been aware of the practices of Leadbeater, and that after she reached England she took the boys again to Mr. Leadbeater in Italy. The plaintiff submits that the conduct of the defen- dant as aforesaid renders her totally unfit to be in charge of the boys. The plain…
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… up his abode at Adyar along with his second and third sons, J. Krishnamurti and J. Nityananda, who are respectively aged 17 and 14. The boys were receiving their education in the Penathoor Subramanyam High School at Mylapore, Madras. But as Mr. R. B. Clarke and Mr. C. W. Leadbeater of the Theosophical Society undertook their education, and as the boys were not making much progress in their studies, the plaintiff stOpped them from school and put them under their charge at Adyar. In or about December 1909 the defendant, who is frequently on tour…
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IN MEMORIAM—JOHN YARKER (a) Declaring that the plaintiff is entitled to the guardian- ship and custody of his minor boys, ]. Krishnamurti and ]. Nityananda. ᾽ (ὁ) Declaring, if necessary, that the defendant is not entitled to, or in any case fit to be in charge and guardianship of, the said boys. (6) Directing the defendant to hand over the boys to the plaintiff or to such other person as this honourable Court may seem meet. (d) For costs of the suit and for such further or other relief as to this honourable Court may seem meet. I, Narayaniah, t…
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IN MEMORIAM—JOHN YARKER India in April or May. In spite of her undertaking to keep the boys separated from Leadbeater, the plaintiff has reason to believe that after reaching England she took the boys to Leadbeater in Italy and stayed with him for some weeks, thus breaking her promises. The plaintiff submits that, having regard to the filthy and unnatural habits, character and ante- cedents of the said Leadbeater, it is extremely undesirable that the boys should be allowed to associate with him, or that he should be allowed to have access to the…
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IN MEMORIAM—JOHN YARKER as the father of . the boys, is entitled to act as their guardian and is entitled to their custody, and further submits that the letter referred to in paragraph 4 cannot have the effect ofde- priving him of the same; even assuming that it could, under the circumstances above detailed the defendant has proved herself totally unfit to be in charge of the boys, and the boys ought to be removed from her charge. When the said letter was given, the plaintiff believed the defendant to be superhuman and was completely under her i…
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IN ΜΕMORIAM—JOHN YARKER defendant but for such a letter. The boys, however, continued to live with the plaintiff. ᾽ 5. In or about the latter part of March 1910 the plaintiff discovered that his son J. Krishnamurti was being led into imprOper habitsby C. W. Leadbeater, who held a very high position in the Theosophical Society; and on one occasion the plaintiff himself saw Leadbeater com- mitting an unnatural offence with the first minor. A few days after, the plaintiff strongly remonstrated with Mr. Leadbeater, and made preparations for leaving …