SC gives Iskcon-Bengaluru control over temple in metropolis, junks HC order favouring Iskcon-Mumbai

NEW DELHI: Pulling the curtain down on a 25-year-old authorized battle between the 2 factions of Iskcon over control of Hare Krishna temple and different belongings in Bengaluru, Supreme Court on Friday dominated that Iskcon Bangalore could have control over it and quashed the Karnataka excessive courtroom order in favour of Iskcon Mumbai.Noting that Iskcon was established with a laudable object and had initiated the Hare Krishna motion, a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih stated the dispute between Iskcon Mumbai and Iskcon Bangalore ought to not have been dropped at courtroom. The dispute between the 2 organisations, that are working to unfold devotion and spirituality, started in 2001 when Iskcon Bangalore filed a civil swimsuit for control of the temple and different materials belongings.Examining all of the documentary data and assertion of witnesses, the courtroom stated that the appliance for allotment of land was made by Iskcon Bangalore and the sale deed was additionally executed in its favour, and Iskcon Mumbai can not lay declare over it.“Therefore, the high court’s finding that Iskcon Mumbai, through its branch in Bangalore, was the owner of the Schedule ‘A’ property is completely erroneous and deserves to be set aside. It is completely contrary to the documentary evidence. Even assuming that Iskcon Bangalore did not possess funds, and even if money came from Iskcon Mumbai, it cannot claim ownership. Only because the existence of the Bangalore branch of Iskcon Mumbai was proved, one cannot jump to the conclusion that allotment of Schedule ‘A’ property was to Iskcon Mumbai through the Bangalore branch,” the courtroom stated.Karnataka HC had on May 23, 2011 handed an order in favour of the Mumbai unit by setting apart the decree handed by the trial courtroom, and Iskcon Bangalore thereafter moved the apex courtroom which handed an interim order to take care of establishment.