In July, a judge temporarily blocked the Washington state law from going into effect while the court case proceeded.

In the decree issued on Wednesday, Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj said that no group or committee can claim to have patronage of Akal Takht.

The recent sex scandal involving high-ranking monks has shaken public faith to the core. But the responses from the clergy, the state, and the public all miss the point. This crisis in Thai Buddhism ...