1. These appeals filed under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure (for short the Code) lay challenge to the judgment passed by the first appellate Court dated 27-8-2012 in Regular Civil Appeal No.17/1998 whereby said appeal has been dismissed and the decree passed by the trial Court in Special Civil Suit No.57/1980 on 10.12.1997 has been confirmed.

2. Facts:

The dispute between the parties is with regard to recompilation and editing of literature in relation to “Mahanubhav Panth”. The work of editing “Lila Charitra” was assigned to Dr. V. B. Kolte (original defendant No.3). The said work of recompilation was released on 22-11-1978. The plaintiffs who are followers of “Mahanubhav Panth” noticed various glaring omissions, wrong statements, misleading references to the great Saints of said Panth. According to the plaintiffs, the founder of Mahanubhav sect was Shri Chakradhar Swami. The life of Shri Chakradhar Swami was compiled and written by Shri Mahim Bhat in 1196. However, subsequently, said manuscript was lost in the invasion by alien rulers. According to the plaintiffs, devotees of Mahanubhav sect had compiled and written various books on the life of Shri Chakra