Kerala High Court Orders Re-evaluation of Sabarimala Ghee Sale Probe, Seeks New Report in 4 Weeks
The Kerala High Court has expressed dissatisfaction with a Vigilance Bureau investigation into alleged irregularities in ghee sales at Sabarimala temple and ordered a senior officer to re-examine the findings within four weeks. The probe concerns a loss of over ₹17 lakh to the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) from November to December 2025, with 43 employees initially implicated. The court found the Vigilance's recommendation to drop charges against most accused inconsistent with its own findings of employee dereliction of duty.
The Kerala High Court has directed the appointment of a new senior officer to re-evaluate a Vigilance Bureau investigation into misappropriation in ghee sales at Sabarimala temple's counters. The original probe found that the TDB suffered a loss exceeding ₹17 lakh between November 17 and December 27, 2025, and concluded that 43 employees were collectively responsible due to poor record maintenance. However, the court found the Vigilance's recommendation to treat the case as 'further action dropped' against most accused to be incongruous with the bureau's own findings that employees had been entrusted with ghee packets and failed in their corresponding duty to account for them. The court emphasized that the investigation should determine not only administrative lapses but also identify individual responsibility and systemic deficiencies that enabled the loss. A comprehensive report with findings on potential violations of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita must be submitted within four weeks.
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Sale of ghee at Sabarimala: HC seeks re-evaluation of Vigilance findings, seeks new report in 4 weeks
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