The Isha Foundation, founded by Sadhguru, has said that its Yoga Centre hosts galore individuals, and lone a fewer person chosen monkhood. (Express File Photo by Pradip Das)
The Supreme Court Thursday indicated that it volition enactment the Madras High Court bid which directed the constabulary to behaviour an enquiry into the claims of a petitioner astir his daughters allegedly being held captive astatine the Isha Foundation ashram successful Coimbatore.
“You can’t fto an service of constabulary into an instauration similar this,” the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud remarked. He added that the Supreme Court will interact with the 2 women online successful their chamber.
On Tuesday, a battalion of 150 constabulary personnel, led by an Additional Superintendent of Police fertile serviceman from Coimbatore, entered godman Jaggi Vasudev oregon Sadhguru’s ashram in Thondamuthur to behaviour inquiries aft the High Court order.
The High Court had ordered the Coimbatore Rural Police to behaviour an enquiry and record a study portion proceeding a habeas corpus petition filed by Dr S Kamaraj alleging that his 2 daughters, Geetha Kamaraj (42) and Latha Kamaraj (39), were being held captive astatine the foundation. He alleged that the organisation was brainwashing individuals, converting them into monks, and restricting their interaction with their families.
During the hearing, Justices S M Subramaniam and V Sivagnanam asked wherefore Sadhguru who had his ain girl joined and well-settled, was encouraging different young women to shave their heads, renounce worldly life, and unrecorded arsenic hermits astatine his yoga centres.
The women person insisted that they were staying astatine the ashram retired of their ain will.
When the plea against the High Court bid was mentioned successful the Supreme Court, the Solicitor General remarked that the High Court should person been precise circumspect successful passing the order.
The Isha Foundation has said that its Yoga Centre hosts galore individuals, and lone a fewer person chosen monkhood.