The said suit was instituted in the representative capacity claiming the following reliefs That it may be declared that the defendants have numberright to remove the idols and portraits of Shri Sahajanand Swami, Shri Abji Bapa, and Shri Ishwarcharandasji installed on the Sihansan in the Dharamshala hall of the temple That the defendants have numberright to interfere with the plaintiffs right of worship or to utilise the Dharamshala hall for such purposes That the defendants be restrained from using the Dharamshala for any other purpose.
That the defendants who have removed the above Idols of Shri Sahajanand Swami, Shri Abji Bapa and Shri Ishwarcharandasji be directed by a mandatory injunction to reinstall them in their original place i.e. on the Sihansan in the Dharamshala hall.
The respondent plaintiffs filed a suit alleging that the appellants defendants were interfering with their rights of worship and they were number allowing them to read the holy books of Shri Abji Bapa in the Dharamshala hall of the temple.
The respondents plaintiffs are the followers of Abji Bapa, whereas the appellants defendants are the followers of Nar Narayan Sect presided over by Acharya Shri of Mota Mandir at Ahmedabad.
Bapa Panthis were also using the hall for reading religious books.
It was also alleged that the appellants defendants had removed the idols of Abji Bapa and others which were installed in the hall.
During his lifetime, Abji Bapa enunciated his own views which were respected by number of his followers who came to be known as Bapa Panthis.
The idols of Shriji Maharaj, Abji Bapa and Ishwarcharandasji were installed in the said hall.
The temple has been registered as a public trust and the appellants defendants are in possession and management of the trust.
At village Baladia in Taluka BhujKutch, there is a temple called Chhatedi.
We have heard learned Counsel for the parties at length.
Shri Abji Bapa was a staunch follower of the said Sampraday.
The appellants and the respondents before us are the followers of Shri Swaminarayan Sampraday.
In the said temple there is a Dharamshala hall.
This appeal by the defendants is against the judgment of the High Court.
