The Supreme Court agreed to list the review petition and connected applications arising from its May 16, 2025 judgment in the dispute between ISKCON Bangalore and ISKCON Bombay over the ownership and management of the Hare Krishna Hill temple and connected suit properties at Rajajinagar, Bengaluru.
The matter was mentioned before the Chief Justice of India on September 28, 2026 by Senior Advocate Shyam Divan and Advocate Kartik Seth, appearing for ISKCON Bangalore. They sought early listing of the pending proceedings, including ISKCON Bangalore’s application seeking recall of an earlier order.
According to reports of the proceedings, the Chief Justice indicated that the review petition and connected applications would be listed before a Bench a week after October 5, 2026.
Note: Sr Adv Shyam Divan and Kartik Seth sought early listing for ISKCON Bangalore; neither Akshaya Patra nor an entity named ‘ISKCON India’ is a party to the proceedings.
What Is The Dispute About?
The institutional dispute is between two separately registered societies—ISKCON Bangalore and ISKCON Bombay (Mumbai). ISKCON Bangalore asserts ownership of the temple and suit properties as an independent society registered under Karnataka law. ISKCON Bombay claimed that the Bengaluru establishment was its branch and that the properties belonged to it.
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a separate, independent charitable trust and is not a party to this litigation. Neither its school-meal programme nor its charitable activities form the subject matter of the proceedings.
No entity named “ISKCON India” is a party to these proceedings. The opposing institution and review petitioner is ISKCON Bombay (Mumbai), not “ISKCON India”.
What Did The Supreme Court Decide In May 2025?
By its judgment dated May 16, 2025, the Supreme Court set aside the Karnataka High Court’s contrary decision and restored the City Civil Court, Bangalore’s decree dated April 17, 2009. That decree recognised ISKCON Bangalore’s ownership of the suit properties and granted protection against interference by ISKCON Bombay.
The Court relied on the allotment and sale documentation in ISKCON Bangalore’s name and rejected ISKCON Bombay’s ownership claim. It expressly recognised ISKCON Bangalore as an independent society.
What Is Pending Before The Supreme Court?
ISKCON Bombay subsequently sought review of the May 2025 judgment. ISKCON Bangalore has filed a separate application seeking recall of the order dated October 28, 2025, raising a jurisdictional objection to the continuation of the review proceedings. The society seeks determination of that threshold objection independently of the merits of the review.
The September 28 development concerns the listing of these pending proceedings. Agreeing to list a review petition does not, by itself, amount to allowing the review or overturning the judgment under challenge