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KDRB moves SC against HC annulment of its power of appointment to Guruvayur Devaswom

The Hindu 20 Jan 2026
The KDRB has submitted that its functions were limited to affairs of recruitment and did not intervene in the religious duties concerning temples ....
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Sabarimala gold case: ED raids 21 places in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka; Unnikrishnan Potti, former Devaswom officials among accused

The Times of India 20 Jan 2026
ED teams have begun raids at the homes of key accused, including Unnikrishnan Potti, former Devaswom Board President A Padmakumar, N Vasu, Murari Babu, and gold traders Govardhan and Pankaj Bhandari.
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KSITIL to prepare request for proposal for Travancore devaswom board digitisation, Kerala HC told

The Times of India 16 Jan 2026
Travancore devaswom board (TDB) has informed high court that it has entrusted Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd (KSITIL) as a technical consultant to prepare the request for ...
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Sabarimala gold case: Consider special law to protect devaswom properties, Kerala HC tells govt

The Times of India 12 Jan 2026
The court reserved its orders on the bail petitions.During hearing, HC orally asked the govt why it could not frame specific rules to protect devaswom properties ... The present devaswom manual by itself is not sufficient.
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HC strikes down Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board Act provisions that empowered KDRB to appoint candidates

The Hindu 09 Jan 2026
The direction came on an appeal filed by the Guruvayur Devaswom Employees Union Congress and others, challenging the relevant provisions of the KDRB Act ....
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Sabarimala gold case: Former devaswom chief Padmakumar files one more bail plea in Kerala HC

The Times of India 09 Jan 2026
Travancore devaswom board (TDB) former president A Padmakumar has filed a bail petition in a case alleging the misappropriation of gold from the covering plates of the dwarapalaka idols on either side of the Sabarimala temple sreekovil.
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Sabarimala gold theft was a joint venture of tanthri and ex-devaswom minister, says KPCC chief Sunny Joseph

The Times of India 09 Jan 2026
'No theft could be carried out at Sabarimala temple without the knowledge of the devaswom board. Both devaswom president and devaswom minister were CPM leaders,' he alleged.
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Kerala HC sets aside notification for various jobs in Guruvayur devaswom institutions

The Times of India 09 Jan 2026
High court has set aside the notifications issued by Kerala Devaswom Recruitment ... HC held that Section 9 of the KDRB Act cannot supersede or override Section 19 of the Guruvayur Devaswom Act, 1978.
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‘You Didn’t Even Spare God’: SC Rebukes Ex-Devaswom Board Member In Sabarimala Gold Theft Case

News18 05 Jan 2026
Kerala High Court had earlier observed that Shankardas and another board member, Vijayakumar, bore responsibility in the gold robbery case ....
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SIT questions former Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran and former TDB president P. Prasanth in the ...

The Hindu 30 Dec 2025
Surendran reportedly told the SIT that the government’s role in TDB administration was limited to policy and sweeping administrative oversight, primarily through the Revenue department’s Devaswom wing ....
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Kadakampally Surendran, former Devaswom Minister and CPI(M) MLA, quizzed by SIT in Sabarimala gold probe

The Hindu 30 Dec 2025
Surendran confirms that his statement was recorded last week, as he was the Devaswom Minister when the alleged loss of gold from Sabarimala temple occurred. Former TDB president P.S. Prasanth too questioned ....
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Sabarimala gold theft case: Kerala HC dismisses bail pleas of three former Travancore Devaswom Board officials

The Hindu 19 Dec 2025
Pleas of Murari Babu, former TDB administrative officer, N. Vasu, former president of the board, and K.S. Baiju, former Thiruvabharanam Commissioner, dismissed ....
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Sabarimala gold case: deputy devaswom commissioner Murari Babu moves HC seeking bail

The Times of India 05 Dec 2025
Murari Babu, the deputy devaswom commissioner of TDB and an accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case, has approached high court with bail petitions in two cases related to the alleged theft.A bench ...
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