Judgement

Consolidated Appeals from two decrees of the Chief Court of Lower Burma in its appellate jurisdiction (May 29, 1912) reversing a decree of that Court (April 25, 1910).

The first five appellants filed a plaint in the Chief Court under s. 539 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1882, for the settlement of a scheme of management of a Sunni Mahomedan mosque at Rangoon. The appellants represented the Randher Vora community, namely, residents who originally came from Randher, a village near Surat, and their descendants. This class is referred to as the Randherias. The respondents in the first appeal represented the general Sunni Mahomedan community of Rangoon. The respondents in the second appeal represented the worshippers, other than Randherias, who, or whose predecessors, came from the Surat district. The following issue was ordered to be tried in the suit Have all Sunni Mahomedans of Rangoon, or the Surati Vora community, other than the Randher Sunni Vora Jamat, any voice in the management of the jama masjid ?

Law. Rep. 43 Ind. App. 127 ( 1915- 1916) Mahomed Ismail Ariff V. Ahmed Moolla Dawood

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The history of the foundation is fully stated in the judgment of their Lordships.