The Bombay high court on Thursday noted that the refusal of the defendant in the Syedna succession case to give witness, cannot be a ground for questioning validity of his appointment. The court made the remark after the counsel for the plaintiff Syedna Taher Fakhruddin submitted that the original plaintiff was knowledgeable about the doctrinal aspect of the validity of secret nass and hence came to court. However, as the defendant refrained from attending court, his belief on nass being conferred on him could not be tested and hence his ascension as successor to the 52nd Dai was questionable.
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