The Chamoli Court has affirmed that all offerings made by devotees to the Badri-Vishal deity of the Badrinath temple belong exclusively to the deity, with no entitlement for priests to claim a share.

In its decision, the Chamoli Court said, "Solely, Badri Vishal possesses the absolute prerogative over all such articles...Given that the idol in the mandir is a legal entity, the mandir retains exclusive authority over the offerings and no other individual can assert entitlement over it."

The legal dispute commenced when Hari Prasad Dimari and Ballabh Prasad, two brothers from NLMPS, asserted their right to donations received by the Nepali Ashram in 2017, citing it as a tradition they had long upheld. In 2018, they filed a lawsuit against NLMPS and the Nepali Ashram, alleging that their portion of donations amounting to lakhs was being unlawfully withheld.