Overview
- Retired Justice K. T. Sankaran will oversee a comprehensive inventory and expert valuation, with a trusted appraiser assessing strong room holdings, Thiruvabharanam entries, and gold‑cladded fixtures.
- TDB Vigilance reported recovering the gold‑plated peedam and related plaques from a relative of sponsor Unnikrishnan Potty, shifting scrutiny to custody and provenance.
- The bench faulted the Travancore Devaswom Board for absent or incomplete mahazars and registers, calling the lapses a serious systemic flaw that enabled irregularities.
- The court directed the Chief Vigilance and Security Officer to continue a confidential probe into procedural breaches, including an unexplained shortfall from 42.8 kg to 38.258 kg recorded in 2019.
- Further reports are due this month, with the matter posted for additional hearings in late October.