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WORLD   Supreme Court Throws Out GBC Appeal BY IRM INDIA, Sep 24 (VNN) — As reported in newsletter 55 ("High Court Declares ISKCON Bangalore Legally Independent"), the Bangalore High Court in a landmark judgement declared that ISKCON Bangalore and its associated properties were a legally distinct entity. However, the GBC forces, led by ISKCON Mumbai, realising the significance of the judgement, decided to appeal to the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court of India, to try and get the judgement reversed. We are pleased to report that the appeal was not entertained, and instead the order of the Bangalore High court remains intact. We reproduce here articles from the leading papers of the country carrying the court result: "Bangalore: A Supreme Court bench, comprising Justice V N Khare and Justice Ashok Bhan, disposed of a special leave petition filed by ISKCON-Mumbai against an order restraining them from interfering with the affairs of ISKCON-Bangalore, an ISKCON press release said. While disposing of the petition, the bench refused to interfere with the order of the Karnataka High Court, passed by Justice Farooq, in favour of ISKCON-Bangalore, according to a release from ISKCON-Bangalore." (New Indian Express, 12th September, 2002) "Bangalore: The Supreme Court disposed of a special leave petition filed by ISKCON Mumbai against the order restraining it from interfering with the affairs of ISKCON Bangalore. The court refused to interfere with the Karanataka High Court order in favour of ISKCON Bangalore. However, the apex court directed the plaintiff not to alientate immovable and movable properties till disposal of the suit." (Times of India, 12th Septemeber, 2002) Related VNN Stories Contact VNN about this storySend this story to a friend
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