Overview
- The court directed the Special Investigation Team to examine whether the case attracts the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- Judges flagged grave Travancore Devaswom Board irregularities, citing missing minutes and a Dwarapalaka set returned over 4 kg lighter, warning that substitution would constitute criminal misappropriation.
- The bench permitted a scientific probe to determine the actual gold loss in 2019, and investigators are weighing portable X‑ray metal testing and metallurgical comparisons.
- The SIT has arrested three accused so far: Unnikrishnan Potti, TDB administrative officer Murari Babu, and executive officer D. Sudheesh Kumar.
- Congress and the BJP pressed for a court‑monitored CBI takeover, arguing the case involves a wider conspiracy and questioning the limits of the current probe.