The
Trustees of Sri Aurobindo Ashram are again busy at their job of helping Peter
Heehs malign Sri Aurobindo in the public domain. A week back Peter Heehs
challenged the gazette notification passed by the Orissa Govt on 9 April, 2009
proscribing the Lives of Sri Aurobindo and
thankfully sparing the Indian readers from its derogatory content on Sri
Aurobindo and the Mother. The move to lift the ban on his book has obviously
the backing, the full support and blessings of the Ashram Trustees, for
otherwise how could you expect Peter Heehs (who is an impudent dud in legal
matters) to move the High Court of Orissa by himself? The Trustees will surely
deny their connection with it, as they have always denied in every embarrassing
issue related to their ham handed administration. But how long can they pretend
not to back Peter Heehs while doing everything on heaven and earth to keep him
happy? How long will they publicly pretend to be neutral and circumspect while
risking the displeasure of the entire Sri Aurobindonian community by their actions that betray their real intentions?
27 Jan 2014
26 Jan 2014
STATEMENT OF (THE LATE) P.P. RAGHAVACHARY UNDER SEC. 161 of Cr. PC
I
was assigned with the Ashram’s legal work as in-house lawyer from about January
1998. I was attending to Ashram’s legal matters usually along with senior counsels
Sri R. Padmanabhan and
Sri C.S. Narasimhan. Approximately
during September-November 1999,
Manoj Das Gupta Ashram Trustee,
Purushotham Iyengar and Matri Prasad who are like secretaries to the Trustees
(actually there is no designation or hierarchy in the Ashram
as such except
for administrative responsibility as a departmental head or a Trustee)
approached me and informed me that we have to meet Harikant C. Patel, the then
Managing Trustee, with regard to some purchase of properties. I went along with
them to Harikant C. Patel who was in the Ashram Nursing Home in the beach road
due to hip-bone fracture. Harikant started the meeting and told us that there
is one building known as ‘Ragavan House’ on the Junction of St. Louis Street
and St. Gilles Street. He said it is a place where Sri Aurobindo lived and
Ashram has been enjoying the property as a tenant for the last about 30 years.
That the Ashram now desires to purchase the house. Purushotham Iyengar
mentioned that the house owner one Mr. Selvarajan is not willing to sell the
house since so many years and asked me as to how to go about it.
21 Jan 2014
BAIL ORDER OF MANOJ DAS GUPTA
IN THE COURT OF THE PRINCIPAL
SESSIONS JUDGE AT POND1CHERRY
PRESENT
THIRU M. CHINNAPANDl, B.A.. B.L.,
PRINCIPAL SESSIONS JUDGE
MONDAY, THE
11th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2004
Cr. M.P. No.
1301 / 04 in Cr. No. 2/2003
MANOJ DAS GUPTA (A- 4)
S/o Narendranath Das Gupta Petitioner/Accused - 4
Vs.
State rep. by
S.H.O. CID P.S.
Pondicherry thro' PP Respondent/Complainant
This petition coming on this day for hearing before
me in the presence of Mr A. Bakthavachalam, Advocate for the petitioner. Thiru K. Shanmugam Public Prosecutor for
the State, upon hearing both sides and after perusing the case records, this
court passed the following:
13 Jan 2014
Former HC judge dead – The Hindu, 13 January 2014, Kochi
Former judge of the Kerala High Court T.L. Viswanatha
Iyer died here on Sunday. He was 82.
Mr. Iyer, who was ailing for some time, died at a
private hospital here. The funeral was held at Ravipuram crematorium.
Mr. Iyer was appointed judge at the High Court of
Kerala in September 1986 and held the post till 1994. After retiring, he
practised law at the Supreme Court and was designated a senior advocate at the
court in 1994. Last year, the former judge had been appointed enquiry officer
to look into the allegations of sexual harassment of women and children at the
Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry.
He is survived by his wife R. Vijayalakshmi and three
children. People from various walks of life paid their last respects to the
jurist. Former Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer; Chief Justice of the High
Court of Kerala Justice Manjula Chellur; current and former High Court judges,
and Advocate General K.P. Dandapani, were present.
Staff Reporter
6 Jan 2014
A Shady Property Purchase by the Ashram Trust
[The following is R.K. Selvarajan’s complaint filed with the Inspector
of Police (C.I.D.) on 18 February, 2003 regarding the fraudulent sale of three of
his properties to the Ashram Trust by his son Murugavel. The Ashram Trustees
connived in the deal with the son so that he could sell the properties to the Trust
without the knowledge of his father. When the matter was reported to the
C.I.D., Manoj Das Gupta had to file an advance bail petition to prevent his arrest and
was made to sign a bond of Rs 5000/ for his release. The then Ashram lawyer P.P. Raghavachari had
warned him of the consequences of this shady deal, but the Trust did not listen
to his advice and went ahead with the purchase only to land into deep trouble
and disrepute. – Bireshwar Choudhury]
COMPLAINT FILED UNDER SECTION 154 OF C.R.P.C.
Sir,
I am residing in the above said address, I have leased out my house properties bearing Door No. 12 & 13 at Goubert Avenue (Beach Road), Pondicherry, No. 13 at Saint Louis Street, Pondicherry, and No. 3, Lai Bahadur Shastri Street, Pondicherry to Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry for a monthly rent of Rs. 10,000/- in total for the said premises. The premises has been let out to the said Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 30 years back.
I further submit that on
26.06.2000 I have received a reply letter for my letter dated 20.06.2000 from
one Harikant C. Patel who is the Managing Trustee of the said Aurobindo Ashram
Trust, stating that they came to know from reliable sources that I had donated
the properties which are all under their occupation as a tenant in favour of my
son S. Murugavel by a registered donation Deed. After receipt of their said
letter, I was shocked and gave reply to the said Managing Trustee that I had
not donated the properties which are under their occupation to anybody and I
also informed them not to rely upon unreliable sources of information. I had
also asked them to continue the existing Landlord tenancy relationship.
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