The Supreme Court has delivered a split verdict in a review petition filed by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Society Mumbai against the Court's judgment delivered in May this year, which held that the ISKCON temple in Bengaluru belonged to ISKCON Society Bangalore.

In view of the divergence of opinion in the two-judge bench, the matter has now been placed before the Chief Justice of India for further action.

In May, a bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka (since retired) and Justice AG Masih set aside a judgment of the Karnataka High Court which held that the Bengaluru temple belonged to ISKCON Society, Mumbai. Consequently, ISKCON Society Bangalore got the rights over the Bengaluru temple.

Against this judgment, the Mumbai society filed a review petit

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