HC restrains Bohra leader Taher Fakhruddin from presenting himself as the 54th Syedna

A division bench of the Bombay high court restrained Dawoodi Bohra leader Taher Fakhruddin from presenting his father or himself as the 53rd and 54th Syedna, respectively, during the pendency of his appeal against a single-judge bench, which had dismissed his suit asking for declaration that he was the 54th leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community.

- HT Correspondent

MUMBAI:

"We are of the view that during the pendency of the appeal, the appellant (Taher Fakhruddin) shall not hold out his father, the original plaintiff, or hold himself out as the 53rd and 54th Syedna," said the bench of justices BP Colabawalla and Somasekhar Sundaresan.