New Delhi. The Supreme Court said on Monday that Lord Krishna was the first mediator. While hearing the ordinance issued by the UP government about the creation of a proposed corridor by taking a fund of 500 crores from Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, a bench of Supreme Court Justice Suryakant and Justice Jayamalya Bagchi said that the UP government should adopt the path of dialogue in this matter. The court also proposed to form a committee for arbitration between the state government and the Banke Bihari Temple Trust.
The bench of the Supreme Court said that the Allahabad High Court will test the constitutionality of the ordinance of the UP government before this. The court also questioned the haste in issuing the ordinance. The Supreme Court Bench asked the UP government sharp questions. The court did not even consider it right to take the approval of the Supreme Court to use the temple funds secretly. The bench proposed to withdraw the order of May 15, in which the court obtained approval to use the temple funds. The court said that we propose that the decision given earlier should be postponed. We can keep a trustee in the management of former High Court judge or retired senior district judge. The court said that till the decision on the validity of the ordinance of the UP government, this committee will run the work of the temple.
The court said that we will give so much exemption to the interim committee that they can use the funds to fix the infrastructure and protect the devotees. The court said that the Banke Bihari Temple Trust will then be able to challenge the ordinance of the UP government and demand to stop intervention in the daily functioning of the temple. Additional Solicitor General KM Natraj, appearing for the UP government, asked the court to give time till 10.30 am tomorrow, so that the answer can be filed by talking to the UP government. Earlier, the former management of the trust said in the court that the ordinance of the UP government has been out to see the work of the temple or the family has come out and the government has come to control. The former management also said that the government issued an ordinance without listening to it.
The court was told that the UP government intervened in the dispute between private parties and took orders from the Supreme Court on 15 May to use the temple fund. On this, the court asked the UP government how the order taken on May 15 can continue now. Justice Suryakant said that the matter of Banke Bihari temple is not in front of the court. A public notice could be issued. He asked that there is a receiver appointed by the court in the Banke Bihari temple? The court said that this is not a case of any ‘No Mans Land’. Justice Suryakant said that someone should be heard from the temple. The Supreme Court also asked the UP government why it did not take land by giving compensation for the development of the corridor. The court said that if the state government wants to do development work, then who has stopped it from doing so under the law. Earlier in May too, the Supreme Court had asked the UP government a question as to why he jumped into the quarrel of two private parties.
The Banke Bihari temple of Vrindavan was built in the year 1862. Famous religious places of North India also include Banke Bihari Temple. In this temple, daily work is seen by the priests. The management of the temple has also been handled by services. In the year 2022, a stampede was created in the Banke Bihari temple on the day of Janmashtami. Two devotees died in it. Only then did the demand for development arose here. In September 2023, the Allahabad High Court directed the UP government to plan the corridor for the Banke Bihari temple. So that the devotees can be protected by accurate arrangements for the crowd.