In 174-page report submitted to SC, TN Police said the two women had denied they were being held in Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation Centre against their will, as claimed by their father.
To a man’s charge that his two daughters were held captive inside the Coimbatore foundation, the top court noted both women were adults and were staying of their own volition.
SC has transferred to itself retd professor’s habeas corpus alleging his two daughters are being held ‘captive’ at Isha Yoga Centre, Coimbatore, run by Sadhguru-led Isha Foundation.
Isha Foundation approached SC Thursday to challenge Madras HC’s inquiry order into allegations about a petitioner’s daughter being on a fast unto death.
The order followed an urgent hearing by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi for the Isha Foundation, as 150 police officers entered the Ashram to investigate per Madras HC's directions.
Policemen, social welfare & child protection officials landed at Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore after HC took note of petition alleging women forced to take up monkhood there.
From imparting yoga training to soldiers at Siachen Glacier to campaigning for the Save Soil movement and attending the wedding of Ambanis’ younger son, Sadhguru's massive religio-social empire is only expanding.
While the "establishment" has enjoyed a large share of power, last week's constitutional amendments gave Army chief Asim Munir additional powers and lifelong immunity from prosecution.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
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