HC Hardens Stance, Orders Seizure of All Sabarimala Gold Plating Records

Hardening its stance against the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for sending gold-plated sheets of 'dwarapalaka idols' of the Sabarimala temple to Chennai for repair without following proper procedure, the Kerala High Court on Friday directed the TDB's chief vigilance and security officer (SP) to seize all the records related to the gold plating of the idols and other items since the date of original cladding.

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It also impleaded Unnikrishnan Potty of Bengaluru, who is sponsoring the repair, and Smart Creations of Chennai, which is undertaking it, in the case and asked the registry to issue "urgent notice of the proceedings." A bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K V Jayakumar directed the TDB security officer