1. Justice U. U. Lalit pronounced the judgement in the #SriPadmanabhaswamyTemple case today.
2. Justice Lalit observed that the judgement has been delivered under 5 segments. The Shebaitship of the Ruler of Travancore Family over the Temple has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
3. The Supreme Court has held that the Shebaitship of the Travancore Royal Family was not affected by the 26th amendment to the Constitution and that the descendants of the family continue to have rights of Shebaitship in accordance with the traditions of the Temple.
4. The Bench has accepted the suggestions of the Family and other pro-Temple parties including @People4Dharma on the future administration of the Temple. The District Judge will preside over the Temple Committee until the transition is complete.
5. The Chief Tantri of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, People for Dharma and the Priests of the Chilkur Balaji Temple were represented by Shri @jsaideepak as the arguing counsel and Shri @Suvidutt as the Advocate on Record.
6. All members of the Temple Management must be practising Hindus within the meaning of the Travancore Cochin Hindu Religious institutions Act 1951.
7. The Written Submissions filed in Padmanabhaswamy Temple case before the Supreme Court by arguing counsel Mr. @jsaideepak on behalf of the Tantri of the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, People for Dharma and Shri. M. V. Soundararajan can be found in this link peoplefordharma.org/written-submis…
8. Here is our arguing counsel Shri @jsaideepak's detailed summary of today's verdict
