India, Jan. 28 -- Limited government intervention in temple management has improved facilities for devotees, the Supreme Court remarked on Tuesday, stressing that temples cannot be treated as private properties excluding others.

"Limited intervention of the government has led to the improvement of facilities in the temples. There are now good facilities. Most of them are spending the amount in the welfare of the temples and the devotees. What can be the problem of the government constituting committees to improve the facilities?" observed a bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant.

The bench, also comprising justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi, was hearing a contempt petition filed by Vidyadas Babaji, a seer and archaka of th...