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Acharya Kirti Yashurishwarji Maharaj, 60, an Indian Jain monk living in Kolkata has been summoned to court in Ahmedabad which is 2,200km away (1,400 miles). He has said he needs eight months to answer the summons as he will have to walk, in accordance with his faith. His request was refused. He is charged with forging a government document to say recruitment of children into Jain monastic orders was legal.
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