New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to interfere with the Karnataka High Court order that upheld an externment order against restrained Adrishya Kadsiddheshwar Swamiji of Kaneri Math, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. This administrative order restrained him from entering Vijaypura district in Karnataka for two months, from 16 October to 14 December.

A bench led by Justice Pankaj Mithal echoed the high court’s sentiment that as a saint the Kaneri Math pontiff should have exercised restraint on the use of language when disagreeing with the opposite faction of the Lingayat community.

“He should have been careful,” the bench said in a brief hearing that took place Wednesday, without going into the merits of the prohibitory order. Show Full Article

However, at the same time, the bench

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