New Delhi, May 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the Uttar Pradesh government to utilise funds from the Shri Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan to purchase five acres of land around the temple for corridor development.

A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma ordered that the acquired land shall be registered in the name of the deity.

It also allowed the use of Sri Banke Bihari Ji Temple Trust's fixed deposits after taking into note state government's Rs. 500 crore development plan for the corridor.

The apex court modified the order of the Allahabad High Court, which had prohibited the purchase of land around the temple using its funds.

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