The counsel for defendant Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin on Tuesday informed the Bombay high court that as per the tenets of the Dawoodi Bohra faith, the confirmation of nass definitely required witnesses though views on the number of witnesses might differ, as texts in this regard simply said “persons”. However, the claim of original plaintiff Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin—that he was the witness of the nass conferred on him by the 52nd Dai on December 10, 1965—would be stretching the interpretation of the word “persons”.
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