The Supreme Court has constituted a committee to oversee the management of the Shri Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan. The committee will be chaired by Justice Ashok Kumar, a retired judge of the Allahabad High Court. The apex court issued a written order stating that the committee will manage the temple’s daily operations until the High Court rules on an ordinance issued by the Uttar Pradesh government. The Supreme Court has put a stay on the part of the ordinance related to the formation of a trust for temple management. The committee was formed after the proceedings of the committee formed under the Uttar Pradesh Shri Banke Bihari Ji Temple Trust Ordinance, 2025, were suspended. During the previous hearing, the Supreme Court had sent the challenge to the constitutional validity of the ordinance to the Allahabad High Court.
