The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Madras High Court order permitting police action against spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and transferred the case to itself.

The Supreme Court intervened in a case involving Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, staying a Madras High Court order regarding allegations against him. The Isha Foundation’s challenge was backed by the central government,

The Supreme Court hearing pertains to a plea filed by a petitioner, a retired professor from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University of Coimbatore, who alleged that the Isha Foundation had kept his daughters in illegal confinement,

The case stems from a September 30 order of the high court directing the police to investigate allegations of illegal confinement at the ashram.

The Isha Foundation, led by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, has filed a Supreme Court challenge against a Madras High Court order for a report on criminal cases related to the foundation amid allegations of brainwashing and captivity.

The Tamil Nadu police had raided the foundation in Coimbatore on Tuesday after the Madras High Court sought details of the criminal cases filed against it.

After the Tamil Nadu police conducted raids at Jaggi Vasudev’s Isha Foundation in Coimbatore on October 1, the Supreme Court has restrained police action agains

In a relief to Sadhguru, the Supreme Court has stayed police action against the Isha Foundation and transferred the petition to itself from the Madras High Court. The petition filed by a retired profe

Sadhguru's Isha Foundation challenges Madras HC order leading to police raid, seeks urgent hearing at SC today

The Supreme Court on Thursday paused a Madras High Court order that allowed police action against Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation and transferred the case to itself.