MahaRaj Part 11

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8/7/2024

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01:10We've heard the opening statements of Maharaj's libel case, 12047.

01:15Shall we continue with the proceedings, gentlemen?

01:18First of all, I would like to call Yadunath Brij Ratanji Maharaj to the witness box.

01:26Objection, my lord. The plaintiff must obey protocol.

01:29Overruled.

01:31As you can see, the plaintiff is in a league of his own, Mr. Anstey.

01:36Let's humor him for a bit, shall we?

01:38Objection, my lord. The plaintiff must obey protocol.

01:41Overruled.

01:42As you can see, the plaintiff is in a league of his own, Mr. Anstey.

01:47Let's humor him for a bit, shall we?

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01:59It's the Gita.

02:00You have to swear on the Gita that whatever you say in court, you will speak the truth.

02:07Maharaj does not swear.

02:12Swears in the name of Maharaj are sworn.

02:16Maharaj does not speak the truth.

02:19Whatever he says, is the truth.

02:23Hail Yadunath Maharaj!

02:26Hail Hallabadheesh!

02:28Hail Dheeraj Dharad!

02:30Take this man outside.

02:31Hail Yadunath Maharaj!

02:34And, Maharaj...

02:36Your concession court will not give you more than this.

02:39Mr. Bailey, will you please make things clear before your client gets on my nerves?

02:47No problem. I have to swear on the Gita.

02:51I swear on the Gita that whatever I say, I will speak the truth.

02:59Happy now?

03:03You claimed to have defamed my client, Mr. Karsandas Moolji,

03:08by publishing an article in Satyaprakash.

03:14Yes.

03:16Whatever is written in the article is a fact.

03:20To prove this, I would like to call Dr. Ramkrishna Vithallal to the witness box.

03:25Dr. Ramkrishna Vithallal, please come forward.

03:31Dr. Bhavdaji Lal, I believe that's how people address you lovingly.

03:36Yes.

03:37Please tell us something about yourself.

03:39My Lord, I am the first batch of the Grant Medical College in Bombay,

03:43a qualified doctor who passed out in 1850.

03:46I am an employee of the British government.

03:48I am also the personal physician of the Maharaj and his family in all the mansions in Bombay.

03:54So, it is obvious that you must have treated Yadunath Maharaj.

04:00Yes, of course.

04:02I treated him for the silver disease.

04:09My Lord, this is a secret disease.

04:12A sexually transmitted disease,

04:15which is also known as syphilis.

04:22Order in the court, please.

04:26The doctor has claimed that Pujya JJ has the silver disease.

04:34Dr. Lal, how does the silver disease occur?

04:36More than once, sexual intercourse with more than one partner causes this infection.

04:43I advised him not to intercourse with medicine and women.

04:48One more point.

04:49JJ had asked me about abortion medicines.

04:53Because old medicines like the laddoos in the seeds of dates don't work every time.

04:58Two or three times, he had sent pregnant women to me with a letter in their name.

05:03I immediately sent them back.

05:05Because of this, JJ and my relationship became tense.

05:09Thank you for your statement, Dr. Lal.

05:11No more questions.

05:13Your witness, please.

05:14Dr. Lal.

05:17Did you personally inspect the Maharaj for syphilis?

05:24No.

05:25There was no need.

05:29Dr. Lal, perhaps you hear a little loud.

05:33I didn't have the silver disease. I had the silver disease.

05:38They also call it chatha.

05:41Chatha means...

05:43He means he had boils on his private parts.

05:47Last month, I went to Telanga.

05:51There, I ate a lot of black pepper, saunth, and garam masala.

05:58So, my body started aching.

06:00I had boils.

06:02I remembered Dr. Lal.

06:06I said silver, and he said silver.

06:10He misinterpreted the meaning.

06:12Exactly.

06:14Without inspection, it's inconclusive evidence, Your Lordship,

06:24with a most certain probability of a wrong diagnosis.

06:28Now,

06:30the point of abortions.

06:42Did anyone ever claim the child was his?

06:47Your Lordship, Doctor, I'm sorry.

06:53My Lord, Dr. Lal assumes

06:57he has no conclusive evidence.

07:06The defence immediately requests a medical verification.

07:09Granted.

07:10My Lord!

07:11Do you have any more questions for the doctor, Mr. Bailey?

07:20No more questions, my Lord.

07:23I now request the court to allow me to question J.J.'s manservant, Giridhar Khawas.

07:36I heard you were married to a girl named Leelavati last night.

07:40And you did it quietly.

07:43False.

07:44I was married to Leelavati eight months ago.

07:48When I went on a pilgrimage to Dwarka.

07:51Dwarka?

07:52With J.J.

07:53She's carrying my seven-month-old child.

07:56I'm the father of that child.

08:01I swear.

08:02You're my child.

08:03I'm the father.

08:04Why do you keep insisting that the child is yours?

08:08Do you have any doubts?

08:10No.

08:11It is what it is.

08:12Why should I insist?

08:14I'll call my child mine.

08:16I won't call yours.

08:18You're underlining it again and again because the child isn't yours.

08:22It's J.J.'s.

08:23You're using him as a scapegoat.

08:26Objection!

08:27Leelavati was raped.

08:29Her child was fed with dates from Datura.

08:32Karsandas gave her shelter in Mamleshwar.

08:35She was abducted.

08:36Shyam was made to disappear.

08:38And Khawas was married to Leelavati overnight.

08:41So that none of them can testify.

08:44To hell with defamation, my Lord.

08:45We are dealing with rape, attempt to murder and tampering of witnesses.

08:49History.

09:15We won't be held responsible for riots and bloodshed.

09:27Mr. Anstey.

09:28Any more questions for Girdhar Khawas?

09:31No, my Lord.

09:32The witness is dismissed.

09:35I would now like to call my client, Karsandas Moolji, to the witness box.

09:46Karsandas Moolji has been summoned to the witness box against J.J.

09:53What is the meaning of Charan Seva, Karsandas?

09:58The meeting of the King with a woman is called Charan Seva.

10:02You mean, intercourse?

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