This chapter discusses the appeal against Pinhey’s judgment as it came up for hearing on March 12 and 18. Dadaji hired a third lawyer, Macpherson, while Rukhmabai opted to continue the hearing without Inverarity. The chapter provides a detailed account of the hearing, which involved the two senior most judges of the Bombay High Court, Chief Justice Sir Charles Sargent and Sir Lyttleton Holyoake Bayley. Two significant events during the hearing were Telang’s use of the Vyavahar Mayukha, which laid down the duties of a wife and a husband, and Rukhmabai’s utter refusal to live with Dadaji,...

This chapter discusses the appeal against Pinhey’s judgment as it came up for hearing on March 12 and 18. Dadaji hired a third lawyer, Macpherson, while Rukhmabai opted to continue the hearing without Inverarity. The chapter provides a detailed account of the hearing, which involved the two senior most judges of the Bombay High Court, Chief Justice Sir Charles Sargent and Sir Lyttleton Holyoake Bayley. Two significant events during the hearing were Telang’s use of the Vyavahar Mayukha, which laid down the duties of a wife and a husband, and Rukhmabai’s utter refusal to live with Dadaji, opting to submit herself to the maximum penalty admissible under the law.