[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

A brief typewritten letter dated 7 April 1977, sent on Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan letterhead (Kulapati K. M. Munshi Marg, Chowpatty, Bombay-7) from Girish Munshi to Minoo Masani. Munshi acknowledges Masani’s letter of 4 April and, jointly with a ‘Parmanandji’, records their pleasure at Masani’s willingness to serve as arbitrator in an internal dispute the two men have with K. H. Subramanian, L. N. Sampat, and S. V. Raju.

The letter is essentially a covering note transmitting the papers Masani will need to conduct the arbitration: the full exchange of correspondence between the parties, a copy of the Party’s Constitution, and a copy of the ‘21 Principles of the Swantantra [Swatantra] Party’. Munshi closes by awaiting Masani’s word on a date for the hearing. The document offers no substantive discussion of the merits or subject-matter of the dispute itself — it names only the parties, the documents enclosed, and the next procedural step.

Key points

• Single-page typewritten letter dated 7 April 1977 from Girish Munshi (writing on Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan letterhead, Bombay) to Minoo Masani.
• Acknowledges Masani’s letter of 4 April and thanks him for accepting the role of arbitrator.
• The dispute in question is between Girish Munshi and ‘Parmanandji’ on one side and K. H. Subramanian, L. N. Sampat, and S. V. Raju on the other — evidently an internal Swatantra Party matter.
• Munshi encloses three sets of papers for Masani’s study: the exchange of correspondence, the Party’s Constitution, and the 21 Principles of the Swatantra Party (spelled ‘Swantantra’ in the typescript).
• Munshi closes by waiting on Masani for a date of hearing; the letter is signed ‘Girish Munshi’.