Reviewed case brief
Pramatha Nath Mullick v. Pradyumna Kumar Mullick
AIR 1925 PC 139
The Privy Council held that a Hindu idol is a juristic person capable of holding property. The property dedicated to the idol vests in the deity itself and not in the shebait, who acts only as a human manager. This case is a foundational authority on the concept of legal personality beyond natural p
- Court
- Privy Council
- Year
- 1925
- Subjects
- Jurisprudence, Family Law I (Hindu Law)
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-30
Rule established
A Hindu idol is a juristic person; property dedicated to it vests in the idol itself, and the shebait is merely a manager
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
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