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lN THE HICH ccuni:: OF JUDlCATUHE AT .MA!JftAS

C~RoP. (P~p) .No. 787 of 2002

.. Shr:l Aurcibind o Ashnrn Trust Pondiche.rry ' Rep. by its. l)ilan<1ging. 1'rustl'!e Mx 0 M~noj'D@s Gupt3il. ·

2 Mr. Vff PE~k®Gh.Joh~r

3. Mr~ D i1 . Kumar D®tta

4~ • M<1moj DOJS Gupt~

5.. • .A.J1n~$h P~t.el @ Albert

Sri AU.rl}bi,r'ldo A!!ltb:@lll PUID1CHEfil~Y 605 002"

Hem{lhth~

= PEUTIQ\IEHS

REPOHT OF THE li'.NJ.JJlRY OFI ICER .

. ' . ' !) This Hen 1hle Court by order 6 ;;ited 13 .09 .2002 0

in C.R.P. No. 707/29Q2 ;;ippointei:i me G!S am Enquiry

(}fficeru to go into the iiH.:.ts i!llleged ag~inst the

Plaintiff by the Defend ants. 1 w<l.ls Oils p r:l ;trect~ to

' ' conduct the enqui:r:y proceedings at Pon!iliche:r:ry on

' prio.tlty b<!sis ~ The Hon a bl@ !High Court 01 o ordered .

the Enquiry Officer W@U~~ h<lve all the powers of

~ JU!lg~ trying a G~\dl .Suit in conducting thie @nquiryo,

. . . l r ll!:Ceivoo the on.I er on 2L09 ~2002 •md ,I

wrote to the .Advocates appel!ring for the phintiH am:;! ' . .

; • ' t '.

defend;;).nts oo 23.09.2002 to meet me <it M®dtas to ' ..

finalise the proceedings for cond.ucting .an enquiry <\ls

ordered by this Hon 9ble CotJ:rt. ACco:r.'dingly c:in 04el0.2002

' both the s met m~ ~ncl H wl:ls d eicided to.conduct ' t,..-.

the ~nquiry from 7~10.2002 on a diiiy toitlay'bii!Sis until

the enquiry is complet.~1 ..

3) During th is meeting D the Counsel i or the W:tit

peirtition@rs filed ···.a mem6nindum requesting me to conduct

th~ i.'!nqui:ry into the charge~ !llQl':linst Sri Krishna Bellhppai

;in 1nm<lte of the /\shr.;;ir11 also aip~rt from the enqu

orderetil 9 to find out the truth

by the Trustees illgainst Ms H em~htha o Since the" order

o{ the Hon °ble High Court d not r;:lirect me to conduct iiln

~nquiry &gaiinst Mr. Krishna B elliapps& I dW not. all?w this

memor;Jindum <ind informed the petitioru.:n: 1 s ~VOC<llte to seek

directions from th.i Hon 1ble High Coi.'..rt. The Advocoate for

petitioner fUerl another memorandum p;tsying that the

®nquiry should be conducted with out the p@rtlcipation of

the hwyers. I d ecli.ned to ~ccept this roquQst ii!ho, lllnd

informed the pa.rths that botn the pi.'lrties n® iantitl~d to

h;;ive the .assistanc<~ of lawyers 9 to t:onduct thti proceeelings ~ 1

. 4) I reached Pond icher:ry in the After noon of

' 06.10.2002 and the Government of Pondicherry had proyided

aecommod:;ition in the Governm~nt Guest House, Uppal<nn" . .,

Pondicher:ry,, 1 had occupied two ~ooras 0 one for my

residonce eind one for conducting the enquiry.

5), The enqt.11.:ry cOlltrnenced on 07 .10020{)2 at l0.30 AoM=

tmd enquiry was held every day from 10@30 A.M. to 5.30 P@M

snd on two days beyong 5 .. 30 P.,Mo Sri Aurobindo Ashram

was represented not by ain Advoc$te 0 but by ian irun<\lte

of Aurobindo Ashram Trust. Mr, ·Mathri Pus ad" The

Respondent 11 emalatha Prasad WillS represented by her . '!

M:r0 J. Cy:l.'il M~thhs VincentD Advocate,

Pond kher:ry.

6) Sri J\urobindo dish:ram exi\lmined 6

20 documents <is Ex o

Ms. Hiem;;ihtha Pnasad «.!ltffiined herself as D.W ol and two '

others and marked 36 do(;uments es E1t. B""l to B-36.

S:r.i Aurobind? Ashnm is ill Tryst. an>) the Decbratioo

of Trust was created on 07.l0.1955 by the Divine Mother and

:registered in S .R .o. V~nu:r. Under the Trust Deed§ ~fter th~

life time of Divine Mothar, a body of ·rrustees con~ is ting of

5 ~nmoites of the J\islu:am will take ove:.r 0 oind the ,entire pxope:rty

of the TI;ust will vest in them with <>ll powers of management.

Chus~ (2 ) of the trust Deed describ0s the powers of thE!

Trustees which is <11s followsg-.,,

7)

I!'! The Trustees or Trustee for the time being shdl ha11e the absolute management 0nd entire

control of the !:rust properties of Sri Aurobind o Ashram and may -from time to time make; rescind. and

ii!/terfuch ~ogubtiens (not being inconsis·taint with

these presents or the aims <'Ind objects of the Ashram)

. a~ th;y or he maiy thi~k fi ~ with respect to the pu:rpos e Of which, the mann~r in which@ the persons

' by whom the terms Eilnd cond iti011s on which the s

Ashrsm anti its va.tloos Gieputments "1nd «1ctivities

fmd the s ~:I.id university and the p:roperties sh©ll be eondilcted 9 man<l9@d 0 used. utilised· '3rid otharwose

ils the Trustees or TI'!Jstee sh@ll think necess<iilry

for thj'! purpose, of tht?\)e presents or for the

execution

J>\pratt ftorn this trust Deed. thb Trust has not dnwn out

inm111tes >'Ind the functioos of thg h:r@m~ But this clause

because in the absdnce

of any other bcdy· to deal with th~ :running of the Ash:rs111~ Hl

the powers necessuy a:re· vest.eel in the Trustees flnd the

Trustees constitute the only body to carry on and ii!iplement

Wh-'lt is

B) Ashxami'l:res when iildmitted @re•given 111 Prosperity Book

ev'-l:ry year:~ Which cont~ins 12 pages far '~ach morith of the

calendar year. where they have to ist0t~ thei:i:: !'€lquii·ements.,

The first pag~ of this Prosperity Book is a'lS follows~

Moth~r had c:tHted 'fol: us ~n organi:utl on ., our

Ashrilm.. Y!here we get &voe:rythil"lg really necQssax.y

fo:r US~ SO th;;it W@ can COl'lClilntr"3te M Oul' inne:t U.hc,

We ~11 know ~het Mother 1r10t like. tnG inrruites

to go our from theA$hraM. ' '

' . . . . '. . . 1 Th9 imll<'.ltes will not go out. from thi!! Astn:~l!:l .!)!t

· · lilny tinw fb:r ®ny r e~son. G!!IS~ of elll~X'g:2ncy or

·~b11n1lu tlil n ~c es s ity ~ they will x- ef er to the T:rus t ··Board <il'ltd follo~ their ®dvic@l'l

In the last paige of th€! P:r.Q$pex:ity,Boo~'.under Ruh 9~

what is pr in too. is described g .

.;ictivHies "'xe strictly p:rohi,bitoo ·· A>1cnram '"' SMOKlNG > DRUG$ ill ALCC)tlOL w SEX , <iind

Evuy .. 'P:rosp~xity Book holder is bound by the cond :ttioos impose~

:None ©f th@m ean pleiild :ll)flor!llnc~ of theui'rules.

9) ' 4 ' 4 ~';If oi<: cJj c

Charge @t<1inst Ms. H emahth~ Pus 0 the RespOndent

in the .;ibove C.R.P. is that she d~velopoo illicit intim<icy · .. on0/ , .

with one K:d .. shM Bdlioip~./ o! the inmstes. @nd she became

p.x:egn~nt. Subsiequently she mad~ ~n i1! ttempt to 9et it aborted . .

t Pond icher:ry. Since she could not cl o r. o 0 ~he went to

Chennai with be:r {11rth~:r <JM got' it aborted o this ~11e9~tion ' strongly ~enied by • Hemal~th"'1 Pr1ll$ad i:nd what I h.;ive to

f out is whether the facts reeo~ ed: and the d ocuroonts

e~r1 l@.ad to.the conclusionth.;t the eille9iiltions made by the

10) I will briefly

ans would also

~ "' .. ,.

' ' .

with the evidence which has been

to the <t:l oc\Jments marked by the

;;i highly qudified

from EcliJ?urough 0 U.K. He is in the Ashtam for l!lllH~:tly 25 ye~rs

' ch~rge of the hr~m Nursing Home from 1982, Prior to his

' b@eoming Ashramite ~ h@ wli\s the Chief Medical Off i.cel:' of <Ill

Brlt:ish Petroleum Co. & :l.n Ass<nn~ His Gvidenc~ is that he knew

' Ms. Hemahth.>i l?ruad D,.llll.l aimi Sri Krishrui Bellhppav P.W ,,

in th@ Centre of

E~uc!lltion run by the Ashxs111o .A:ft~r she WH made il!n inmf!te 9

she w&is ~orking in sneratl departments <iilru;:i finllllly she .w~s

in hbr'oiiiory Oep@rtment. :b .. w.1 took .. tre<11tment' fr.om' AshrJ!lm

Ej;tc seriQs lllre the lte:r:oit copies of tlj2 pag@s of the

Dispensary Regl~tli!r from. 27.9.2000 lilnd it shows that D.W.1

Ht'lm.ihtha Pr~s w~s re9ulnly coming to h\.shram Nursing Home

t©king 1.cines fat VO!flitting; n<lluse~ ~ gutritis. cough

•;

l I

i

'l_;_ r. i ' 'f'' ',

D @'Wel :) • ' ; ; f i::

n1us~~ ~nd vcmittinq :) ' I""! ,;~i~ : rl ' : 1· -. . ~

~.r~e.be~~~~~9)~f; t'< r~.o.Of course,~he lllhgonasis does not

app€HU'.' Ei<o • But the continuous problmes of D eW @l i t. ·l n ..... , .-· , . .., Q ~ ·; . ,

v~:i: .. ~ n~us0~ .~ml Vcmlitting,. coo~d t· ;: ·~ . .,, L r. . i' : . 1 ~ • t "" .. ".\.·fr.~ J : · ,

b® sufficient to point out j ., f. . '

to the con;! 1Uoo 1Jll which she -~ 1 t~ ! · ·.t ! :n :' .~ ie .c i in r·; ' £; l

W3S9 @t the time when this

treontment. W'11$ given". . .· : 11.)~' r: 11r." t)J·i , ~·'- lt:!·1;").., '!

she j /ii~hroim~ atie wa~ a1 B~ology Teich~!"@ ~nd subsequently i ' ) I.,~·- J I ) , ; ·, / • : •' : : . • •

~hys Educ~tioo Inst:i;'\;lct~r~ All the ies in the Ashr@m . . f. ' ' (? .. : i ! ~' rJ ')1 ' ~ ' ' .- ' .

above 17 ye&1xs would be under her control for physical education • ' • ' ; ' ! • ~· . 1 ' ' • :: ! J .( '1' ' > • ' ! ' ' ! . r. 11 Q

She is also.1.~emb~~ of theJ\~visory o'f the Trustees@ . J ..... '.I ' ·.: ·.:. ~}. il ... i~.( \ .....

Ajlnt from this. s ha is 1n Mministr~tor of Tr4?ssor Nu:rs Hom : . i ·; ~ .f J t} ) :· . ) ·~· le l, ~ f '.

Vllhich wH st81rted by her la toe brother Dr. S .. Do Sen who "u 1 ' ' 'f ; f : I ·,rt • ro "'.,. '.1 ' .,, ;· • ' • t • •

p.:rohiH;or in Surgery in Jipme:t Hospitd at Pon1Hche:cry,, After • 1 •• , : :· • • r! ~ ~ ·1 ;' ( ~; ~); '! .... · · \ . · · the !!!e1th of her brother 0 she bec~me the Mministr;;;tore

' ·I ·< ': , ·:. :,·_t w -rt · .. · · , ' ., ' Acco~ 1n'1j to her 9 she knows D .w .1 Hem.ahth<i Pnsad and <Also P

· i 1' - ~ • ! ·, i: :· ~ · ) ( I : ' :. '. !"'1 , • " "1 t · i · . , , ~ . ' ' · · '

Krishn~ B~l~!appa ... She kne~ D.W.l ~ecause she was~ stu~ent f ! ' ' : ' ' ' ' I ' . ., ; ~ '\ ;i C " " I, ·• , . '

in the C&ntre of • Accord 1ng to her 9 as J\dm:l.nist:roitor • ' ' . ; [ \ . ~ fl : .. . !

of Tressor Nur!ting Home, she received 1\1 report from a member '. r i ~T \ J c;q j t. fl j' ~,--. • .i "· t r. "" "' ·: ·~ « ! , , I

of the steff that one particul@r cas~ s~eet was missing an~ I • ii: ,;. '\ '·.,, ,l•r , :'· r e ' ' ',

on verification she found th~t it was the c~se sheet m@intain~ • ~ r_ ; '. · t t~ '. l; I ·t1 I ! • i 1 • I h '

by P0Wo5 Dr0 Prabav~thi for D.W.l Hemal.,tha Prasad. It would • \ • '! e • . 1 ' ' ( :· '•

appear that PrnW.5 had ~irected D.W~l to take a sonogram ii l!I." : . . : . . ,. ')) • it \ ·.. • • • , ''.,. p .

from .~:~h:r~m.N,u~~i~~ H?me:lt was repor-~oo to her by.P.W.5

that <ifter she w&'ls directoo to take sono~rram@ D.w.1 did not " .; . l\u.NA "''' . I'·. '

come back to her with the sonogram. P.W.5 informed ~bout thisD ) '

to P.W.,l who 011skoo her to find out wh~t Wils the re.,son for ~ I, It ' ·~ , r t

taking, s,ooogfam for D.W.,l.

l~) Pellll~2 called D~W.1 to he'.i:' house 1;100 she'cam@'with D.IN.2

N iU., P.W.2 took her aside @nd isked her whiilt had happened.,

01™1 submittoo a.report Ex. . 001. In • A=2 she had written that D ,W ol Ms. llemalath~ . c;on.\hssed to her that her i:e rioos were santy ~nd th©t

~y pr. Gay~thr1. $.ubs~~ently she went to

ked her to get ;11 .sonag:tam,done ' .

J>tsh:rMi N~;rs.ing.H?uue. D.W~l.also told her th0t spe ,went

father to ChenM,i got it termin:ited" On furtber

qu~stioning n~w.1 admitted t.o h~:r that P.W04 Krishn<1 Bdlhppa

x·esp(Jns ibl~ fox her pxegnllncy. She dso told P ~w that P.W.4

to give

,., " . her to l\.uroville sevud times & and ''urov:Uh Beach

t

P.W.,4 stoi:i;too x@mQV'ing tn~r dross Eind she succi,,ull~oo

~ct ion oo P .w .4 t,(ll.l :l,ng her th~t nothing woule:l h<i!pperi.

coo fessed that she had g~°: to the room of P .,W e4. She

that twice she w.:lls with P,;W~4. D~W.l bogged P.W.,:2 . . toll!il P.W .2 thlilt information w,;is given to he.r f<lthe:r who was in

taus when. he came to .know a boot this. P .w .,2

h'1lr hther ldt or Chcmnai.

P~w~1 ifter g~tting Ex. A.,.3 d<lltoo 10.02.2001 from .I).w.2

consu,1~oo with the 1'.rustll?!~S ~oo they h(l~d ,th01'l:. i~ w~s •.i gross

Ms. H em<>1htha l?:r;aud and P eW,,4 Krishna Be!Hlilppam 11 from the + 4 ' • " ..

o and questionem

him .. lilboot the matter. "'rhexeafter P.W .1 called the hther of· • !lo ' .. .. 't

D 6W.l ind the. de-cision was comrnun.ic®ted to him. P.W ~l would '

say thi:lt he called P.W.4 on 13.2.2001 wh(;ln the other T:!:tustees

wert.: also present. Trust0es put ·qt,lostront.rto 1\',,W.4 K:d.shn"'

meeting Wllls incorporated in the lllinute-s dated 13 .2 .20011)

arid as Ex. A=4. Ex~ J\,.,lJ is th0 xerox copy of the orli;inal

the typed coi:iy oi the minutes. Eventhough :P .w .4

: )'; ' ' \.;

'' /·. \'

Krishna Belliii!ppai denie.>d hls roli:- he th<it he vrns vet, I

friendly with D.,¥.!Gl Hemalatb© and he i;ook her to Aur:oville oo

Motor Cycl~. He <ilso told them that D .W.l hsd visih:<I his

residence in the Agricultunl F;;i:rm.

PoW,4 also told P~W • .lth<1ltD.W • .l and DeVll.2 went to him ft '.\

h.elp ~nd. told him thcrt --H~nnal-@tha- ~s p:Ceg11.an,t and · __ sho "wanted " 1

medical terminll!UOO of p:r~nimcy .He told PoW.1 that he took he:, ' ' to a Nursing Home at Pondkhe:t:ry ~nd intr<'irluced him~elf as the ~

@dvanced 's t;,ig'e of pi'Q-gn~ricy 0 and the cost Of abortion woulcl be

high 0 '1110ch more than what' he had ostilll~too. He wh'dso

rlilqtliroo to @x~eute <ii. risk bcmt.i fO:r.which'he'W<!ls not willing

ood D .W .2 to go to their

ps:rent~ G!OO s'e~k thdi.t a~sbtance., In his evidence~ P.W.4

x-epe<:rted what !'le t'dllcl ~ .. W .1.

not believe the

den bl byP,;W .4 of his ·pml:t in the episi.x,i'e sirn:l they ~hic'id~

to iaxpd him .also with eff1111ct f:rom 01 .. 03 .2001.

16) On2ti~o2"2001 would say thatD.lfll.2 and father of

D.W. \ _· - ' - - - ~ ' -- - ~ l. - .. • _; ._ - 1 - - _-_-- - - '

to 3 i!Wt him ·<ilnd othex Trustees· arm ic~questoo them to

forgive D~W.l~ · P.W.l told the hthel'." of D .w.i tMi't it wms

~ s e:rirn.Js m@tter llnd th~y would hav!ll to ta kit! some aictim ·in

the interest of the Ash:raltloEx. A-5 b ·;,true copy of the 'minutes

of the meetili<;i hQhf en. 24 :2 .2001. Ex. A-14 'i!ll thi! xerox copy

of th~ origin~! mfuut~s.

17) P~w.1 woo.tel .~my thn D,,W.J. H emalOllthi.'ce;iasoo <lls .a member

\

of the Ash:r;;Jm oo l·ti:l 112001 • It Would •ta M@n thet her pairticip<ition

. . S<il,rne de~:!.sion. wu. taken in :respect cf P@W.4

Bel1hpp<i! @ha. P.l':ld p;r~,uced Xero~ copies of 2 p<ages

t1f members. of Prospe-r1ty0 lt w~s marked ~s El4 'A..,6 .. In . - ~' - - - - ' - . : . ' the n~mes Of D.,W.1 Hemalaitha P :roisad is shown ~s

3lJ2 and that of P.WA Kxislm~ Belli®ppl!l as SLNo.532.,

ln'respect of n.w.1 and PoW.4, it is noted that they_w~x·e

uke(l to le~ve oo. 1 .. 3~2001. >Subsequently th1ty were re~<ildooitte41

on .JJ).,2001 .. ' .

·~:

SJ~ her sister w@nt to him and

;,! total reversal of the

S®l'l t.h~t they

ta ken by D ~W .1 and he could

& ·~mi they ~re going ·:· f t"• ' \

' to the maitter to Court. Thfil:refore he tf id not like 'to , l t, ,., i

dis ainyt.hing with her. P.W~l subseqJently Ex. L . '_ : ' ' . -, ~ .- ' ~ .I ' ·:- , -' J - •

~at~ 19.3.2001. from D@W.l to which ® reply w~s sent oo 23.3.0l ;'f, : r r '' ·1 •• ' . __ ,_ _; 'r

Ex~ Jl.,-aQ O~W~1 had Ul€'d ·.•:.i s~it ir1 Poodlche:rry Munsif Court i I

the copy of. phlnt o·.s'.No'.215/010 'I.__ -,

19) Jd:~f1;; 9!'tting the ~hint copy. P<>Wol w<ll~t~ to coll~ct . -. l ' ' ~ ( f "'! :

" ) -

. P,~Wa~,Dr.,,PNb.ity<ll,fhi vii.Hi Ex. A-10 and a :r·~ply" frotn Dr. PNbav<llthi f ' • ' It ' -• \ ~ J - : • ... I

P a$ Exe Ar-~11---d-~--t~'d 3-04~2001-~ ·'"'l

L • • I I J .i- d -..-

I • i .1

"'" Ill il> '_- ~

cqlfipl~t® ~cc;m~nt of result of her enquiry a

D~pa:r:tmi:mt

:M<i!l:'Ch 2QOl

r

:'-i

-10 ..

she w;as not keeping good heoilth. She was a.ls o

and D,Qw .1 told her tha.t she w.t1s goin9 to her native ~lace

her parents. Howevel.' 9 she .w<is not mbsent' for 10 liilays~

came b®,ck dter .·<ll few days s:;ying that ll!n @arth qua

Guj~rat~ and ther€'fOre she could not ·go 'to h@r' nat:ive pl<llce.

But l? ~w ~.'.3 woold sz;y that her ri.itive pliillc~ wtils not G uja:rat

but Bih~r ©

~2) l?.W.4 Krishn<!)Jellhpra is,a.pe:1tson who "as accusefi

being responsible for t.he pxe9n.<1ncy. of O,.W.,L p ~w .,4 W9$

he wa.s ~llowoo to joJ,n

Ill& ··1'l Honorli!:ry Member for one year and thereafter he was q ' • . ~

to Ve;nur L~rnl md presently ~k he is working lilt ·Ell hrm .. <. ~ '

l.ehtichue:t. a~ ~urun9a~kk.;im which belongs to Sri Aurobindc>'

Ash:rallh Starting a;is .·GI honon:ry wo;dte:t ~ hie W®S made an ' - ;,I

on l.L200l with dl t,he privileges. H e was dso furnished '-i I

h~ll e He !11! ,. " !\_;

s~sters •. H ® .wH 1Ji&et1ng.D~Wol in th~ dining hall frOrn 1999 - ' , - , - I; - L' .

~::·~~:::;~: .~r:0h~; r::-f:~t:h:~:1

:~·c~~;,:~ .::. becr?mif'19 ~t. Ac:;coro, 1n9 to hi111

1 h~ Wli\S cJtloo by the T:tl.lstees

j' -0 • ..

02.2001 :.; they ~ecused h.1m of being respoos~.ble for thet

(

. ~a9w;ancy of D ,W.l. This took p,bci!l llt the prosperity department. , ti I . ') t' '• ~T !.

Accord :lng to him he, d the cha:rget. However9 he woull:l 'liiay

thti!it he ad111itt" thst he lttlew D .w .1 Hemehth$ from June X999~

He also ~mltte4 thi!t he was going oot to Aurov1llee and sev~n:al . ' - ., ' l_ia \ fl

pHces d~g 1$Jith .umw,,1 .. According to in e.;Jrly'J~nuary 2001 ~ · • 1 ; ·-r ._I

lllt about 6. A.M. t>:t 6.30 U..M. o.w. n~w.,.2 went to hiS room

hi! w~!> told 'th~t. D .wll.ts. pa;:~gnant and they . . . to go \14ith

th$ p:r:Ggnanty • He

I

I

a!;wrtion of the pregn~ney of D.W.l He ~greed to provide

1il sum ofl!s.3~000/ ... He giecOllpanisd them oit thierequest of

D.W.l $00 2 to K.mmdi Nursing Home. At the Nursing HOille

Oocto:r on l:iuty took D ~w.1 to room for eltoimination ~ P(~ ~ ~ { L ' '- '.- " -

' 111nd the Doctor told hlll'.l th.;it D .w .. 1 H<'im~bthi!ii w,;is 7 mc:nths

®nt! she wru ld hav~ to ui'Kl ~tg o am ope:r1:1 t ion for

aoo it would be al dangerous one <and therefore!>

' ho preteneiioo thillt he was the hthe:r of D .W .. l ,he w;;;is not

willing to exocute trre bone 9. and was ab o not inclined to meet

the ~nti:r.e cost which would

would not oxe«.utie the bONJ & ~ . . p~u:.ents~ SubSequEntl'Y'., h,~ .

effect f:roml.3 .. 2001 .

.tlv::m to go to tnei:i:

from· Ashram with

23) Dr. P:ri1lbs:'IH1thy P .• w ,.5 Wilis a profe$sb-tr in Obs tetrlcs ani!l

tiicology in Jipmer Hospltal 0 Pondiche:try. Previous to that - . she wu working in Viug Medici! Coll~ge ~nd joined

Jipm~:r in 1960. In 19$5 stie :retired as <1 Professor of Obstetrics

Gyn.aeeology. Pr. $Q0 0 lflho startecl !tessox; Nursing Homti w<1s

oth'¢lr. She w.irn a con!>ultant in the s.;,, id Nµ:ts lng HO!bl:'!. D

l HGn\ilh ttrn Praud

to for consul tat ion that ij . ' . ' , '

o.,w.1 had $(i)f}ty pel'iOOS~ t!liSCQil.\f()l:t iri the lower ~bdQUlenD

heaviness~ vomittin~J etc. Sile would uy t.flat she person"!lly '

eXlil!l!ined D .w .l 111nd found enht9€d uterus r:ncl she 01.so toµnd

ttrat DGJ.i'll .l w<1is pregn.ant for 24 weeks with fo,ei:~l parts P <mi:I she

' ' ~sttmblbb«l thlilt D .,w.1 WM

P cW#6 fl.141ry Du:raiswsmy a

had cooclusivdy

WhE'n she ex~minr:d D .VJ l v

W<i!S p:t4!sent " A1 ter P ~w • 5

<.'l)tilllllin~D.W.,lHQfild<llthalfl she ask.ad PoW.6 Uso t.oexIDllline her~ . ,A.AA/" t/L

··i

he<irt be"1ts. Both used 1 oet<Jl scope to ex<:mir1e D .w .1. She

foun~ the lower b£¢lly of o.w.1 .big. ti~w.1 told her th;;·I; her

und.en11ea:r was b~coming tight.' P ,W 0 5 'iilnd 6 cra'ICludea. that

there wU!s no doubt sbout the p:r~nancy of 0 .w.1 P.W.5 g<ilve

oi note"to D~Wol to take sonogram Horn Ashrilllll Nursing Home~

and meet her wit!-{ the result' crf 'examin;ition. But D .w .l ti id

not turn up <lifter w,;rds. P .w .5 would say that there 1s no

doubt al'>out her d 1.:u~n1:.s1cs. SubsQquently 0 she c<,im~ to know

that the c1.1s e · sh1:1et

1 -; __ 1.·1

chite<l 3 .4.2001 which h~:r rl1

iagnosis of O,,W .lo She also t_ - ' _· . ~ ""'' "\ - _: _\ !'

infor11u~d P.W.l that the case sneef of D.W.l was missing.

24) On b®hlllf of !).;Wol Ms.' Hem.aht'h<:'! Prasad. th.1"(}~ witnesses

h<!ive br<ien' e1tarnined ine:lud il'\g her@elf. D .w .1 Hemahtha P':ras<id

@.:;posed that she be<:ame <1 .. prosperity Card Hold ex" Oh 1.1.1998. Bet al

that she w~s stUdying in the .ii.shram lnternet1.onal Cent.re of

from 1984 to 1996. D .,W .2 <lnd a:re sisters of D ~w. lo

were appointoo' f o~ lif0~ ;nd they coot:rol ·and manage the

A~lfllnistr~tioo. She'made some 01lHi9@tions against th~ Trustees . . .

in h~:t·Q~tl"&~c~~ a&i l'.'.)~() n<Yt. think th~t tb~s~ allegations ' - ,_, ' '-",\

'ri:iqu1re.any'r~f~;enc~ b~~·aul>le the only question~ as 1 h.ave <11:rei1dy •· . ' -·' ' '. l p " ' __ l

stat$d g is wmeth'1r D .w.1 cwi;;•1me pr@gnant yioHtitlg the rufos of . the Ashram,, Acco~in9 to

' - - ' : ' ;_- 1_ ,

~gs: inst t,he trustHs and s . ;1 ;; t ;

some &illegations hl!lve I

Acc.ord ing to he:t ~ the

Prosperity :Book w~s 'not ' . • ·_ -l -- •• f~i - - - ) -·

where children were bo.rn in

there w~re Mve>r<iil comphint.s

' against the Trustees.

Sai as par Rule 9 of the

!'>Ubsequent to 1974. She

werei ~?ti~oo 0

1:!.ving as Husband

\~

She dso :r

-13~·

th~ list of chili:b::e.n born after

to~ 1eomphint Exo EJ.o.19 where mn

about child 51buse by one. of dhe inmates.

9ol.2001 ~CCO:rding toher 8 D.W J;;;iyashre~ W<!S

~ss:l>ulted by one Krishna Ghamlran in the Dining

the· said Krishna

that or{' 9 .L2D01 art~ 6. ~ .. Mo· when , she w~s working. i'n t h'l?.

dining hall. Krishna Ch~ndran .;a non~shtamite h~ld her

shouldlilrs from the front tilnd w~s ~ttempting to molest

het' 9 <md even though cr\e of the Trustees "'"'s pr0soot in the

cl in1ng room~ he kept quiet. $he would 'ii!ho say that she

pµsheld Krishna Cha~:r·an and she sustain~ s.om~ ·irrju:ry. Accord-

llay tna.t she rnet P.,W ol

expl~1ning

in s pl te of her comph int

father 9 S hou$eo She would ~lso

d ~'/ with her two sisters

what Kr ishn~ Ch:i!ndNn dM ..

.Aceording to her P.W.1 tolQ hu not to go to the Polkt11~

She continued to h;;ive sev~re ptiln and on l l. l .2001 she was . .

given s~ pain killei's • She Cil~nied that D .W ol was preg.nant,.

She g1ilve a complaint to th@ ·poli,ee on 11 •. 7 .~ooi and it is

. ;

2.6) According to o.w.1 0 th<i·' raile9a'tions against Mr w~:re

cooked 1.1p because she .;ind her· s 1s,ers had compl'1! in eel that

in which ,,W~3 w;;is .ilssult~ v ru:> action was Ukian by the

trus(B$S e She @l.so St@t~rl thiil( the 'w'as not iilw;;a;rQ ~1111h0ther

·- ~ny snquiry conducted. P.W~2 d 1d not ltllny

she hii!d eomphined. that in spite: ~l~*lt has tjappenocl to D.w\ ' " '1 I. ~

that inactioo,

Sh~ praluced 2

B~ll~ B""l.2. lilnd

th~ District

\ cover. up, . , I

th@ 1't'U$t~e:.i; eookoo up this story ag<!inst. her .• \

chits Ex. 13-~0 and B-21. In Ex. B-2! am order

n~llle fro111 tl'te Prosp(lrit't Book. She

lilntl latte:rs merked ii!S Ex. B-6.

filed 11 suit in O.S.215/2001 b(>.fore ~

i~hexry, che~,~·,~ing her expulslon

and Ex 0 ft.,.,!)· is th~ Of plciint •. E~. ~"'3o B-4 and S-5 <a:re

statement"

fuling of

'tE\Ply sbtemen t ~ni&l !lflld itiOJH~l wr,i tten

ha:r 9 she r0Ceivl\ld Bx. A-8 after the

sh~ issu~ Ex. l3-6 0 !:ih~ obeyed the

~, not h.Jcing f ocd in the ~ in in9

a lettex E~@ B-22 to on.e of the

tom in the .~inin9 h~ll in 1>pite rJ! the a;irde:r. ~.S.-23 and a ... 24

li!re postal re<:eipt ~er. p,oot'!l £leknowled~e~0nt for Ex. B~:n

23 o3 .e2001.., Sh~ w<lhs prevented by one Sathyanar•yana

l\llurtby 111t the entriance .M the Dining Hdl by holding her and

subs equ ent.1 y

p:J:~v~nt-.1

Aceo?1! in9

M~njunaitll ptiys.ically

tHir food by hold ing .h 0r •

:rellc:ued by her shtlll'rs i.ind sh11

incident,

. ' '

Polic® S\~-t;ion 9 . .is he.r reply .to E>c. p..,.,a. Ex.0-27 is

!'!er letter 21.3,.2()01 to the M<iln<ag:in9 Trui:>t~e ~nd it ' lt was i:lcknowledg~ u par

) \,, " :!.,fl 13.,,,29 27.3.2001~

to the lil!ig;;il on her beh~l.f by her

th ifj r><:lpl i:es s t11r1»t • ' --·- "''"!W~• criminoil

it\~ r·ewrt of

and it was tali:~ m.

. s-:u is 01. copy

~ilegoo by P.W.2.

heeam~ p:rGgn<'lnt ·

c otil u ct "

I© of Pondicherrr

in c.c. No.864/2001 for

cOlllphifit. Sh!Ol ·received

having met P 0W .2 in h'1:i'.'

h.iving eoofi9ss~ ;to p .. w.1

She denies that $he was

D .w .1 d enilild hiilving

J111nuuy 200.i. She was

1999 to 8. .4 .200ls

Ex.' ·13- ·,.,,32 15," <1° copy

to P~w·.2. She did not

becaln(;> ptegna11t being an Ash:t~mi te

Holder eyf Sri Auroi:iu:wo Ash:i:;-&m; ·~mi

ion f:rom'tne

1 H emdatha Prasad~

she not gon4:! to Cw nn<ii fo:r termin9-

,to.okifed ·.up by

Chandriiln

challenged . _.,. t _--- _ f,.YV

1..-· v0"

~16-

the right of the tee:; to expel

the att.1m1-'t of D .,W to llloiil ign the !rust.re es~ and to make it

~ppe.a:r thlllt se.:li

bec;ause ther~ -•e"'"'

cl:d.l~ren were

Of fl"U$t:t.ation •

no ~ctim was

in.· Se!l!p D ,,\\I el cannot l!iS1e.JU;I!

for indu&~ in

Book E~A=l where

w<l!s no all®g~tion

getting permbsi~

st<inces .ancl th€!

DoWelo The stroog

that of p .,w o5 Dr" V1":1>1'\ll'l.;iUl1l

H

some one 0 who.might, have indul~~

puQi~h91ent given to he:r:

to item No .. 9 the Prosperity

without

fr®! the ·ci.rcum· ""

th;;it this rule was n·ot' ad h~t"ed

relev@nt hare bec<i!Use that

~ri' IDction was coobmplated ~gainst

pre~ti~ney of o,,w.1 is

htHte al:!;ee:d y refGt'roo t.o 0

Dr o P:rabh;:1'!athy is ill

wes ~ prof~ss ·· · .

ll!:!l>·n~ir.'f:ll'm Doct.o:q highly Q'.Jalifi~ arid sh~ . . . . . - . .

for ,mo:re ·.th<iln f5 Hom@p and it is her

and GynaQc:ology in Jlpmet-"Hospibl

a consult.lilnt in T:tes~o:r Nursing

brought D .w_1 for coosulting

found tttat D e\'V"l Will$ pr99nant . -. ~

• Aft~:r. \llX:iJllii!ing bet-, she :P,,W,,6. Sist~x Mi!ry

~l<<i.lMined h~r with th~

t.h~t

Nur5o to .'11A'"'1il""'"'. '

and her

6 during the •

I find no re<'ils

in.stigation of th®

Ex. A-10 and Ex. A~.h

Cross examtn;.itfon

did not shake th~

e(tallline their evidence with the other evki enee' ·

<JJvail@,bl.ej) it could ce:rt41J.rly be held that th'ere ls nothing

GVidence to shOi\! that thG findings .of P .W.5 per

• ~s in. any wmy wron9. What is th~.re P.W.5 and

give such an Ash:ramite

¢ I tot1J1lly believe P ~W .,5 and P ,,.W.60 ln my opinion

th0i;r ·evi.1 ence is sufficient to hold that in J;anu~ry 2.001

D.oW. Lwas. 24 week:§, pregnant. More over the reluctance of

tr D'l!t .1. t.o undergo

P.,111;..:5 afterward$ lilre

,shitet

·r0le,va,nt c.i;ccumstanc·e to

J:Jljlt:Qi:tllll!I refusing> to meet '

of

• wer~ trying to .suppr~ss the nr11>nr'\:i:r1r'V

There is further evU:!.enC'e to substantbte the

P ,}Jd .2 Chitr;a ll @

Hem~ltiithii after the

Hl.'lm"1l;tith~ was discovered ~,.

Home •. 'p oW Q2 . f OUM

--

of D.w.1 by hn ~U.sing.'rt'is allagoo thiilt D.:W.2 removod

it from tM z:ecolds •. It is <ilsc clear that ever'\ though

.l to unde1:go Sonogram$ she did not

NuT'i::.:tnn HQll!e .for taking Soo()g:r~m, P .w .2

her report@

accept th.1:2

on the

~he~ $he que~tioooo D .w .l she con·fess ed

the person raspoosibh was

After enquiry u P.W'.2 suhmittli:ld

ma:rked as Ex. A-3. I am unable to

of D .W ol He111<1l<1th<1 that 'PeW .2 was a ct

of the Trusfoes and E.x./\-3 did not

Ctoss ex;iminillt;lon of P .w .2 on ·this

aspect did not Shake her c:rooit. I have no doubt t.h<ilt ·P9W .2

was spo:,i.11kin9 th<ll i.i:uth when she uid that n·.,W,,l confe-ssoo

that sh.e beclllll!e pregnant through P .w .4.

31.)

of the

going

vomittin9

i'A l?hysi~n and one

An?.n1!'>1r•l'lo Asltrllll'll. He has spolwn ..

established th..it o.w .. 1. w.11s

end· ta king icines f .or.

ev iti ~n ce we should

not tmke <!!fly UOlt'T.l.<"lll evid·eH1·er:. in 1$olation, bUt should

has Oils o stated

l:'lbout he:r

the pt"a9ri;mcy · o!

Trustees e

32)

evidence ooduoed u tEll,lied

evidencE? ~vailt.;:ble. P~w.1

.l Hemahth<!i

even hl:"r hth1<r had admitted

sought'il71'g1venoss f:rom the

part in the

Nursing

111}J.u1•~1!i.i'l'•In respect

the ;rt;gue!it

it stands

went to P .W.,4 sotr9ht his help for medic.ii

pr~gnancy of 0 .W.l inste~d Of taking the

also surprisin~ that

' lls .. 3~000/~ for the tarmi'n(l!'tion of her> pr~grfan.cy.

he

tQ b~u the cost ofils.thOOO/""

• lie has co1·robontoo

meeting held on

the notice to the Advocate for D .W ol mark00

the entire epis being

Kamal!i! Nurs if'rg Home ~sc:ribe<J .• I h~ve no

hesitatim io';tiold that PoW has tak~n on tht:l request of

Kamallll Nursing Home fo1·. an abortion@

The period ·to ken t:reatr1~ent from

Af>h:t<it!ll Nu;r.:sing fox·

O .,W .. 1 ""'il~ iound

b~ come p.r egn ant

d ~finitely l\lported

whether

that D .W. l and D .. W .,2 d ed.d

purpos~ Of thiS enquiry~

not to go for Son~:ram

vital points wti

on finding

amd they

the beginnitig of 2.00ln

th.11t she

..

-20-

not keep.irlg; well • D ~w. l h dld

to her

Bt1t instead

not Guju~t.

truth. I '

35)

That is

think that l

which h~s

wlc

no·dooM:

Ashr~mtties D ·

the prosperity

an Ashremfh

tooxpel

v :Loh te m"1'"'"' ,,,...,,,....,

Trustees

Chandr@n who

t and wtmlcl be absent for 10 (61 ~ys ~

~bsiant for 10 da;y~& 'she rejoined illft!rl..,

thl!lt she canee11€'d her trip to

the earth quake in Gujarat o

convinced that n.w.1 hsid become

thefaetwhethet it w~s . . .

who was thE< Cli!Ute of her pre9n:;1ncys

scope of this enq1.1i:ty and I do not

in this enquiry~

There

lll<lnd atory

Book. I have .also

h<iv~ got <111 pcwers to @xpel· .,

mandt1tory rull!Js containeG ·in

th@ Trus tiil'11S to ex~.Ql e

is implicit

to admit a

al$o h<ave the power ! -- ; - '

the Ashramite l'llis b~h<llitM I.ind •

The contenti9ns of n.,w .. 1 ~mi .. . . complid.nt ~g~inst the

.!llJlllinst .. one Krishri~

to th ~s e s b te;rs/

c;re~t~ ·th(! story

<i.lleg<11ti1Jlls mild€! by>DaWo3 Jayash:ree ' - - . _-... "

lnc:Ltient which took

into by P .• w.2 oind

\ I . \

\· \

36) D.W

On ill

the supporting cl ov1b!m1::>n-1~s.

14.0l,,2001

incident" P .,w .z

perS:ons h;;,d int~xvened

found that D<.W,.3.'.tROl{

the

complaint

u,,1,,.2ooi~

lier took place on of D oW~l ilnd 3

was due to

nothing to do with .·.the

the Prospe:tity

the Trustees hi!ve vrvr,,A'--"

I

got ~u the p()\'IJets to expel an inmate

1 dso hold th.at the allcg!ltions ~gdnst IJ.i.~ .1 is

quite

no ~cti'oo'

'woo la

' , '

sucb mis condtu::t is ignored and

b~ ill bad precedent

principles on which the

it would definitely encoora g1:1

the point illCCOl"dingly

to .. the- Hm 9ble High Cou:rt0

'.

1:'-f I ~ I_

. .

ii

ii

OF SRI AUROBIND ASHRAM

P .. W .. l K~aar Datta

P.,W.2 Miss Chithr1 Sen

PoW.3 AUTOSHI

P,,W,,4 Bellbppa.

P,,W,.5 Dr. Pubhavath i

P.,W.6

D.W .. 1

D.W .. 2

Ex,. A-1

'Mrs•

Mn. H

Exo A-2 Serie$

. Exe ~-3 701002001

.. ..

E~ .. A~7 19.3 .. 2001

22.3 .. 2001

Ex. 2~.3.2001

L

of Ari

OHicbl Note Boa:nd Of·

· .Ash:tu1.

Ex;tract of Prosperity l

.,

of th1t) of Trustees

f 1ther iilnd D.W

Letter from D .1 to P .. w.1

Raiply by P .. 'W.,.I to Ex. A-7