History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c97.13

v7.c97.13

I had argued gratis several cases for some societies and individuals. Mr. Javdekar, lawyer of Dhulia, espoused the cause of people who had grievances against the Indian Railways. I conducted many such railway cases and cases of poor and helpless people One of these latter was that of a poor untonsured brāhmana widow who had been prevented by the priests in the temple of Vithoba at Pandharpur from offering worship to the image by placing her head at the feet of the image (because she was untonsured) as all Hindus, male or female, of all castes were allowed to do I had to go to Pandharpur thrice at my own expense and spent in all seven days in court. The court decided in favour of the widow The case is referred to in the History of Dharmaśāstra, vol II p 593 and the arguments are set out on pp 587–593 of the volume.