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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 …
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…aragraph 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 influence and control, and he took her to be his preceptress who should be obeyed implicitly and make any sacrifice demanded, and the contract, if any, made under such circumstanc…
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…k of Assistant Correspondence Secretary of the Esoteric Section. The plaintiff had at the time very great respect and veneration for the defendant, whom he regarded as his spiritual preceptress and whom he credited with more than human attributes, and he agreed to serve her as the Assistant Correspondence Secretary with— out receiving from her any remuneration whatever. The plaintiff accordingly took 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 …
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…912, and it" was only on receipt of the letter dated February 7, 1912, 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 demandin…
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… 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 preparatory to their initiation. On the plaintiff’s objection the boys were not sent to Ootacamund. Th…
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England until they attained their majority. The defendant also wanted the plaintiff to 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 d…
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…extremely undesirable that the boys should be allowed to associate with him, or that he should be allowed to have access to them. 8. The defendant started for England about February 1912, but before she started she endeavoured to obtain evidence that Leadbeater was not guilty of the act complained of, and had a statement from her attendant, Luxman, recorded to that effect, and sent a copy of the same to the plaintiff. The plaintiff, on perusing this, wrote two letters to the defendant on the 7th and 15th February 1912, pointing out that even ac…
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…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, the plaintiff above named, do hereby declare that all the fac…
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…ch it is based : IN THE COURT OF THE DISTRICT JUDGE OF CHINGLEPUT O. 5. No. 47 of 1912 J. NARAYANIAH-P!az'7ztzj Versus MRS. ANNIE BESANT—Defendant THE WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE _PLAINTIFF I. J. NARAYANIAH, the plaintiff above, is a Government Pensioner living at 118 Big Street, Triplicane, Madras. His address or service of all notices and processes, through his Vakil at Madras, care of Mr. P. N. Anantana Chariar, B.A., BL., High Court Vakil, Chingleput. 2. Mrs. Annie Besant is the President of the Theo- sophical Society and has her permanent pla…