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ITEM NO.3 COURT NO.2 SECTION IVA
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
IA 20/2011 in
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No(s).15814/2011
(From the judgement and order dated 23/05/2011 in RFA No.421/2009 of
The HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE)
M/S INTERNATIONAL SOC.FOR KRISHNA,BANGALORE- Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
M/S INTERNL.STY.FOR KIRSHNA MUMBAI & ORS- Respondent(s)
( for vacating stay and office report ))
Date: 14/12/2011 This Petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALTAMAS KABIR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURINDER SINGH NIJJAR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J. CHELAMESWAR
For Petitioner(s) - Mr. Uday U. Lalit, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mathai M.Paikaday, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Hari Shankar K, Adv.-on-Record.
Mr. Srinivas Raghavan, Adv.
Mr. Ashu Kansal, Adv.
Mr. R.M. Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Singh Jangra, Adv.
For Respondent(s) - Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Krishnan Venogopal, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Ekta Kapil, Adv.
Mr. Pratyush Miglani, Adv.
Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, Adv.-on-Record.
Mr. P.K. Ghosh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Debabrta Banerjee, Adv.
R2 Mr. Ashok Mathur, Adv.
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UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
I.A.20 of 2011, has been filed on behalf of
the respondents, inter alia, for vacating the
interim orders passed by this Court on 6th June,
2011 and 5th July, 2011.
2. The dispute is between two societies having
identical names and claiming to be the owners and
in management of the temple of the International
Society for Krishna Consciousness, Bangalore.
3. By the order dated 6th June, 2011, this
Court while issuing notice and after hearing
learned counsel for both the parties, gave certain
interim directions and one of the directions we are
concerned with reads as follow:- ".....5. In the
meanwhile,, the parties shall
maintain status quo, as of today.
However, the Bangalore Society
with its present officer bearers
shall continue day-to-day
management of the Society but
would not take any major and
policy decision creating
liabilities of any kind for the
Bangalore Society."
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4. The present I.A.20 has been filed for
vacation of the said directions.
5. By virtue of the aforesaid order, the
petitioner-society has been running the affairs of
the temple at Bangalore till date. However, since
a decree has been passed in favour of the
respondent-society, wherein directions have been
given to the petitioners not to interfere with the
possession of the respondent society in the temple
and its properties, we are of the view that some
arrangement has to be made till we can hear out the
Special Leave Petition, for the temple at Bangalore
to be managed in a manner so that there is some
amount of transparency.
6. Having heard Mr. Venugopal, learned senior
counsel for the applicant in I.A.20, and Mr. Lalit,
learned senior counsel appearing for the
petitioner-society in the Special Leave Petition,
we direct that the Special Leave Petition, which we
are informed is otherwise ready for hearing, be
listed for final hearing on 15th February, 2012, at
the top of the list.
7. In the meantime, in addition to the interim
directions, which had been given in the order of
6th June, 2011, we appoint a Committee to oversee
the management of the temple and its properties.
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The said Committee shall consist of:-
1. Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.V. Raveendaran(retd.) as
Chairman.
2. Shri Ananda Thirtha Das, Member.
3. Shri Stoka Krishna Das, Member.
The said Committee shall oversee the management of
the temple and its properties by the petitioner-
society and shall be entitled to advise the said
society on matters relating to the management of
the temple and its properties.
8. The Chairman shall be paid a remuneration of
` One Lakh per month from the temple funds.
9. This order is without prejudice to the
rights and contentions of the parties at the time
of hearing of the Special Leave Petition.
10. The Committee will be at liberty to apply to
this Court in the event it becomes necessary to do
so.
11. The I.A.is disposed of in the above terms.
(Sheetal Dhingra) (Juginder Kaur)
COURT MASTER Assistant Registrar
