SC pulls UP govt over management of temples

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for lack of law to manage temples or religious endowments.A Bench, headed by Justice N.V. Ramana, asked whether anybody could build a temple and collect money from public in UP and asked the state to apprise the court whether it would bring a proper law to manage temples and religious endowments."Can you do anything on the basis of your executive order? This is anarchy," the court said while hearing a matter related to management of an ancient temple in Bulandshahr.The top court was hearing a plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order that said the offerings made by devotees at the 300-year-old Bulandshahr temple would be given to the priests.
--IANS ak/pcj