The High Court of Karnataka on Friday permitted Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, seer and president of Sri Jagadguru Murugarajendra Brihan Mutt, to affix his signature in prison for the cheques only for the disbursement of October salary to the employees working in the mutt and the educational institutions run by the mutt.
However, the High Court said the seer’s other pleas, to allow him to sign cheques for other purposes and sign various other documents, etc. should be made before the sessions court in Chitradurga.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while disposing of the petition filed by the seer, who is in judicial custody on his arrest in a case of sexually assaulting two minor girls who were staying in the hostel run by the mutt for the students studying in its schools.
