The Supreme Court of India on Thursday directed a petitioner seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation () probe into alleged financial irregularities regarding donations for the Ayodhya Ram Mandir to present the matter again on June 29, 2026. A bench comprising Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Joymalya Bagchi issued these instructions after the plea was brought up for urgent listing. The petition, jointly filed by advocates Ajay Kumar Roy and Dinesh Kumar Yadav, demands the registration of a formal and a time-bound investigation led by a multi-agency Special Investigation Team () into the financial dealings and governance of the ‘Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust’.
During Thursday’s court proceedings, the petitioner emphasized that the case had been registered as a Public Interest Litigation () and assigned a filing number, yet an official date for a preliminary hearing had not been finalized. The apex court bench noted that if the petition is free of procedural defects, the judicial registry will naturally move it forward for further processing. “Please coordinate with the registry. Once all clerical errors are rectified, the case will be seamlessly positioned on the regular hearing list,” the bench observed.
In response, the petitioner clarified that the documentation has already been formalised and contains no remaining administrative defects. While the legal representative requested the bench to directly list the matter for Monday, June 29, the judges stated, “Mention this matter on Monday.” The comprehensive ultimately seeks central directives enforcing strict regulatory, monitoring, and auditing mechanisms across the financial channels of the Central Government, the Uttar Pradesh State Government, and the temple trust to preserve public transparency and maintain the core institutional trust of millions of religious devotees and donors worldwide.
