Justice Gautam Patel, while hearing the rejoinder to the submissions of the defendant ’s counsel, was informed by senior counsel Anand Desai that it was a fundamental belief of the Dawoodi Bohra community that nass could not be changed or revoked. Desai drew the attention of the bench to the fact that the 5th Imam of the Ismaili Shias had conferred nass of succession on his son Ismail and directed Ismail to appoint his son Mohammad as his successor.
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