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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?