The Supreme Court docket has stopped the coronation of Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati as the brand new Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna handed the order after Solicitor Basic Tushar Mehta knowledgeable the bench that the Shankaracharya of Govardhan Math in Puri has filed an affidavit that the appointment of Avimukteshwaranand as the brand new Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth has not been endorsed.
“This utility is allowed when it comes to prayer clause,” the bench stated.
The highest courtroom was listening to an utility alleging that Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati falsely claimed to have been appointed as a successor Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth by the deceased Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati.
The matter is pending earlier than the highest courtroom from 2020.
The plea stated there’s a deliberate try to make sure that the proceedings earlier than this courtroom change into infructuous and an individual who just isn’t certified and is ineligible, unauthorisedly assumes the workplace.
“Such makes an attempt have to be prevented by an interim order of the courtroom and therefore this utility could also be admitted and allowed.
“It’s most respectfully acknowledged that the mandatory paperwork are being filed to point out that appointment of recent Shankaracharya is patently false as it’s in full violation of accepted process of appointment,” the plea stated.
In response to Hindu students, a peeth can’t stay and not using a Shankaracharya.
Shankaracharya is a generally used title of heads of monasteries known as mutts within the Advaita Vedanta custom of Hinduism.
It’s believed that Adi Shankaracharya had established 4 mutts at Badrikashram Jyotish Peeth within the north, Dwarka’s Shardha Peeth within the west, Govardhan Peetha in Puri within the east, and Sringeri Sharada Peetham in Chikkamagalur district, Karnataka.