The Supreme Court on Monday appointed an overseeing committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice BN Srikrishna to manage the affairs of the Mahabaleshwar temple at Gokarna..The order was passed by a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian in an appeal against a 2018 judgment of Karnataka High Court which had quashed the government's order handing over management of Mahabaleshwar temple at Gokarna to Ramachandrapura Math."We direct the overseeing committee shall function under the chairmanship of Retired Supreme Court judge Justice BN Srikrishna. Appellant shall hand over the charge to the Assistant commissioner who will report to the overseeing committee," the Supreme Court ordered. The overseeing committee shall function adhering to all temple customs and traditions, it added. .As per the Supreme Court order, the overseeing Committee shall consist of the following as its members:(i) Deputy Commissioner, Uttara Kannada District(ii) Superintendent of Police, Uttara Kannada District(iii) Assistant Commissioner, Kumta Sub-Division, Kumta(iv) Two eminent persons/scholars, capable of discharging their functions as members of the Committee, to be nominated by the State Government;(v) Two Upadivantas of Gokarna Temple to be nominated by the Deputy Commissioner in consultation with the State Government..The three-judge bench also said that the two eminent persons and the two Upadivantas indicated above to be members shall be nominated within 15 days from the date of the order and the committee shall take over the management of the temple immediately thereafter..Ramachandraprabhu Math was directed to hand over charge of the affairs of the temple to the Assistant Commissioner who shall also act as Secretary to the overseeing committee..[Read Order]
The Supreme Court on Monday appointed an overseeing committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice BN Srikrishna to manage the affairs of the Mahabaleshwar temple at Gokarna..The order was passed by a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian in an appeal against a 2018 judgment of Karnataka High Court which had quashed the government's order handing over management of Mahabaleshwar temple at Gokarna to Ramachandrapura Math."We direct the overseeing committee shall function under the chairmanship of Retired Supreme Court judge Justice BN Srikrishna. Appellant shall hand over the charge to the Assistant commissioner who will report to the overseeing committee," the Supreme Court ordered. The overseeing committee shall function adhering to all temple customs and traditions, it added. .As per the Supreme Court order, the overseeing Committee shall consist of the following as its members:(i) Deputy Commissioner, Uttara Kannada District(ii) Superintendent of Police, Uttara Kannada District(iii) Assistant Commissioner, Kumta Sub-Division, Kumta(iv) Two eminent persons/scholars, capable of discharging their functions as members of the Committee, to be nominated by the State Government;(v) Two Upadivantas of Gokarna Temple to be nominated by the Deputy Commissioner in consultation with the State Government..The three-judge bench also said that the two eminent persons and the two Upadivantas indicated above to be members shall be nominated within 15 days from the date of the order and the committee shall take over the management of the temple immediately thereafter..Ramachandraprabhu Math was directed to hand over charge of the affairs of the temple to the Assistant Commissioner who shall also act as Secretary to the overseeing committee..[Read Order]