The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday rejected a PIL petition which had sought directions from the court to the State government to regulate the affairs of Sri Ramachandrapura Mutt, and remove Raghaveshwara Bharati Swami from the post of its seer.
A Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty passed the order while dismissing the petition filed in 2016 by Edurkala Ishwara Bhat and five others.
The petitioners, while seeking a direction to hold an inquiry into the financial affairs of the mutt, had also sought a direction to the government to frame a scheme to regulate all the mutts in the State.
