In a significant relief for Isha Foundation and its founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, the Supreme Court on Friday closed the habeas corpus proceedings filed against the foundation. The case was initiated by a man who alleged that his two adult daughters were being held captive at the ashram of Isha Foundation in Coimbatore.

The Supreme Court on Friday closed the proceedings in a habeas corpus petition filed by a man who had alleged that his two daughters were held captive inside the premises of spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation at Coimbatore.

The petition was filed by Dr S Kamaraj, a retired professor, alleging that his two daughters were being held captive at Isha Foundation in Coimbatore.

The Supreme Court on Friday closed the proceedings in a habeas corpus petition filed by a man who had alleged that his two daughters were held captive inside the premises of

A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud notes that both the women were major and have stated that they were residing at the ashram voluntarily and without any coercion

To a man’s charge that his two daughters were held captive inside the Coimbatore foundation, the top court noted both women were adults and were staying of their own volition.

The Supreme Court has closed a habeas corpus case against Isha Foundation after two sisters confirmed they lived in the ashram voluntarily. The court criticized the Madras HC for expanding the petition's scope and advised against pressing regulatory issues in this context.

Giving a big relief to Sadhguru the supreme court said the two women - whose father filed the petition - are willing residents of the Ashram

A bench led by CJI Chandrachud, Justices Pardiwala and Misra, noted both women, aged 42 and 39, were staying at the ashram voluntarily.

The Supreme Court dismissed a father's habeas corpus petition, confirming that his adult daughters willingly reside at Sadhguru's Isha Yoga Centre. The court determined no further action was necessary,

In its counter petition filed before the Supreme Court, police said Isha Foundation's campus has a crematorium on its premises, adding that the hospital inside the foundation was issuing expired medicines to the inmates.