Kochi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday came down heavily in the Sabarimala gold heist case, observing that what occurred at Sabarimala amounted to an organised plunder and that the accused had acted in concert to loot the assets of Lord Ayyappa.Justice A. Badharudeen made these remarks while dismissing the bail pleas of former Travancore Devaswom Board president A. Padmakumar and co-accused Govardhan and Murari Babu.The order was issued on petitions that had earlier been reserve…
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Kochi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday made scathing observations in the Sabarimala gold theft case, strongly reinforcing suspicions that the gold plates at Lord Ayyappa’s sanctum were systematically removed as part of a planned plunder of Devaswom assets.The Division Bench described the existing inspection reports as “grave and alarming” and raised serious doubts over whether those entrusted with safeguarding temple properties themselves led the alleged crime.While consideri…
Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (IANS) The Kerala High Court issued notices to 20 BJP councillors of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation over the manner in which they took their oath of office, after observing that the oath appeared to have been administered in the names of multiple deities instead of in the name of God as prescribed under municipal rules.The BJP created history in December last year, when for the first time it won a Corporation in Kerala.A division bench sought to know how an o…