Tirupati laddu row: Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking CBI probe into the case
The Hindu
Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking CBI probe into alleged use of animal fat in Tirupati laddus, citing religious freedom.
The Supreme Court on Friday (November 8, 2024) junked a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged use of animal fat in making Tirupati laddus under the previous Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led regime.
A bench comprising Justices B. R. Gavai and K. V. Viswanathan dismissed the plea filed by one K. A. Paul, a social activist and president of the organisation 'Global Peace Initiative'.
“Going by your prayer, we will have to create separate states for all temples, gurudwaras, etc. We can't direct that a separate state be created for a particular religion. Dismissed,” the bench said.
In his plea, Paul had sought seeking a “comprehensive investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the allegations of corruption and mismanagement surrounding the procurement and preparation of the Laddu Prasadam”.
The top court on October 4 had set up a five-member independent Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the allegations of animal fat used in preparing Tirupati laddus to “assuage the feelings of crores of people” while making clear that the Court cannot be used as a “political battleground”.
It had directed that the independent SIT will comprise two officers each from the CBI and the Andhra Pradesh Police, besides a senior official of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
Paul, in his PIL, said allegations levelled by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that substandard ingredients were used in the preparation of ‘Laddu Prasadam’, including adulterated ghee, have raised serious concerns among devotees and tarnished the sanctity of this sacred offering.
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