The Indian Express ·
Supreme Court relief for Kashi Math head in valuables’ recovery case
Raghavendra Thirtha Swami’s appeal against a judgment that allowed Kashi Math Samsthan head Samyamindra Thirtha Swami to continue execution proceedings to recover Math valuables was dismissed.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Raghavendra Thirtha Swami’s appeal challenging a Kerala High Court judgment that allowed Kashi Math Samsthan head Samyamindra Thirtha Swami to continue execution proceedings to recover Math valuables from him amid an ongoing succession dispute.
A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi dismissed the special leave petition challenging the high court’s August 3 order. “We do not find any good ground to entertain this petition. The special leave petition is, accordingly, dismissed,” the court said in its September 15 order. The Samsthan headquartered in Varanasi is popularly referred to as Gowda Saraswat Brahmin Kashi Math.
Appearing for the respondent Samyamindra Tirtha Swami, senior advocate Guru Krishna Kumar and advocate Lakshmeesh S Kamath contended that the Kerala High Court was right in allowing him to replace the original decree holder even without the sanction of the Tirupati court, which had granted the original decree.
