Overview
- Justice Amit Bansal refused former TTD chairman Y. V. Subba Reddy’s request for an ex-parte ad interim restraint on media reports about alleged laddu adulteration.
- The court issued summons to the defendants and listed the case for the next hearing on January 29, 2026.
- The order cautioned that any new publications after the ruling could face judicial scrutiny and potential legal consequences.
- Reddy and his wife filed the suit alleging defamatory claims about their role in procuring ghee for the Tirumala temple’s laddus.
- The larger controversy over alleged use of impure ghee is under an independent SIT probe ordered by the Supreme Court after political claims and a circulated lab report.