ISKCON Bangalore to continue management of the temple on Hare Krishna Hill
By: Chanchalapathi Dasa
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| Justice Raveendran |
For transparency a committee headed by Justice Raveendran will oversee and advice the management of the temple
ISKCON Bangalore and ISKCON Mumbai have been litigating for the past
twelve years about who owns the famous ISKCON temple on Hare Krishna
Hill in Rajajinagar, Bangalore.
The Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice Altamus Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph had given a status quo order on July 5th 2011 allowing the plaintiff society (ISKCON Bangalore) to continue management of the affairs of the temple till further orders.
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| Stoka Krishna Das |
In response to this, ISKCON Mumbai filed an Interim Application
appealing to vacate the status quo order and to permit a Supervisory
Committee of ISKCON Mumbai to supervise the affairs of ISKCON Bangalore
temple. The Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice Altamus Kabir,
Justice Surendra Singh Nijjar and Justice J Chalameswar heard this
interim application on Dec 14th, 2011 and declined to vacate
the status quo order and disallowed the Supervisory Committee of ISKCON
Mumbai. The bench confirmed that ISKCON Bangalore shall continue to
oversee the affairs of the temple on Hare Krishna Hill. And for the
sake of transparency and to oversee and advice the management of the
temple, the bench ordered formation of a committee headed by the retired
Supreme Court judge, Justice Raveendran. The committee will also
consist of one representative from ISKCON Bangalore (Stoka Krishna Das)
and one representative from ISKCON Mumbai (Ananda Tirtha Das).
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| Ananda Tirtha Das (GBC secretary) |
The bench also ordered that the case should be heard for final disposal on February 16th, 2012.
“We welcome this order of the Supreme Court and extend full support
to the Committee,” said Madhu Pandit Das, President, ISKCON Bangalore.
