SC stays Madras HC order for probe into Isha Foundation, transfers case to itself


New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS): The Supreme Court, in an interim order passed on Thursday, stayed an order of the Madras High Court issuing a direction to police in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore to probe the Isha Foundation.

A bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, ordered that "police shall not take any action" in furtherance of the directions contained in the impugned judgment of the Madras High Court.

The Bench, also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, transferred to itself the proceedings pending before the Madras HC and asked Coimbatore police to file its status report before the apex court. The matter will be heard next on October 18.

The Coimbatore-based Isha Foundation, in a statement on Wednesday, said that it doesn't ask people to take up monkhood or 'sanyas' and it is home to thousands who are not monks or sanyasis.

The statement of the organisation came after Tamil Nadu Police conducted a detailed investigation in the ashram on Tuesday following the High Court order.

A team of 150 police personnel, led by Coimbatore's Superintendent of Police K. Karthikeyan conducted the inquiry into charges of two women being kept under captivity. The high court had directed the state government and Coimbatore rural police to probe all allegations against the Isha Foundation, after a former professor of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, S.Kamaraj, had moved a habeas corpus petition that his two daughters, Geetha Kamaraj and Latha Kamaraj, were kept under captivity there.

A bench of Justices S.M. Subramaniam and V. Sivagnanam, while hearing the case, interacted with the daughters of the petitioner and decided to probe the case further. The Justice Subramaniam-led Bench said that the court, exercising the writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution, was expected to do complete justice and that it was necessary to get to the bottom of the case. It directed the Additional Public Prosecutor E. Raj Thilak to file a status report by October 4 listing all the cases related to the Isha Foundation after the petitioner's lawyer contended that there were multiple cases involving the Isha Foundation and that a doctor serving in the organisation was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act.

 

 

  

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  • R Mallar, Kasaragod

    Fri, Oct 04 2024

    Batla House Encounter - 7 policemen squad Isha Foundation encounter - 150 policemen squad

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  • Gau thammaA, kinni mulki/udpi

    Thu, Oct 03 2024

    Everywhere.... Hindu religious places are now a day loosing their reverence..., Hindus are beginning to feel the oppression..., Apex court (Human) intervention is called to protect the sanctity ...., Somewhere it is seen that the reason is intrusion of politics & politicians into religious place..,

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  • Yogi, Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 03 2024

    A clear case of witch hunt against Isha foundation by the DMK government which is a known Hindu baiter.

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  • Anand A, Mangaluru

    Thu, Oct 03 2024

    All at lightening speed. BJP ki jai... In a country where the judge gives 20 days for for reply whether straw and slipper can be provided for the accused in jail, we have our judiciary overnight stepping in when it comes to powerful and influential having connection to the ruling party. By the way, Rajneesh was caught in the USA

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 03 2024

    In some cases our Honable Supreme Court and some High Courts seems like proactive instead of letting lower courts adjudicate the cases. Powerful people and ruling party and its supporters seems to be more favoured than common citizens,. Strangely some journalists and people like Sanjiv Bhatt are languishing in jails without getting timely hearings to uphold their human rights while people like Arnab gets overnight relief from arrest and prosecution. Justice delayed is justice denied seems to be only a statement.

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  • Mbeary, Dxb

    Thu, Oct 03 2024

    The same supreme court in keralas Hadiya Case ordered NIA Probe on her father’s petition ,later NIA filed a closure report .

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