“Supreme Court Stays Police Action on Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation Case”

The Supreme Court on Thursday paused a Madras High Court order that allowed police action against spiritual guru Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev’s Isha Foundation in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore and transferred the case to itself.”Police shall not take any further action in pursuance of directions of the High Court’s order. With reference to the said allegations, the Coimbatore Rural Police having jurisdiction shall conduct an enquiry and file a status report before this court,” said a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud.

During the hearing, the Supreme Court asked the bench to file a status report and submit it. The next hearing will take place on October 18.

The Supreme Court’s order came on a plea filed by S Kamaraj, a retired professor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore, who had alleged that his two daughters had been brainwashed and kept hostage in the yoga centre of Isha Foundation ashram.

CJI Chandrachud said he spoke to Kamaraj’s daughters, who appeared in the hearing virtually, and said that they were living in the ashram on their own will.