On Friday, the Supreme Court once again called for a retrial of the Tirupati Laddu row, and a fresh five-member SIT has been set to undertake the probe. Such a team will comprise two officers from the CBI two officers from the Andhra Pradesh police, and one officer from FSSAI. Furthermore, the court ordered that the receipt and disposal of the SIT’s performance by the CBI director should be of a continuous and accurate nature.
With the traveling of the bench to the judiciary, Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan made it very clear that they would not allow the court to become a ‘political ground.’ This ruling followed petitions that included a prayer for a directions hearing to perform a case management supervised probe of the allegations concerning the Tirupati laddu. From the concerned remarks of the justices, it became clear that they, too, have certain vulnerabilities and, without a doubt, it is irrelevant political intentions. They did not want this investigation to become a political drama; thus, it was important for the investigation to remain unbiased and not influenced by politics.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted it before the bench, stating that if there’s any grain of truth at all in the allegations, it would amount to being unacceptable. He suggested that it could be minored by a senior official from the central government to ensure that SIT is held responsible for its investigation. In the court hearing on September 30, the Supreme Court sought Mehta’s help in assessing whether the investigation by SIT appointed by the state should continue or whether it would make more sense for an independent agency to conduct the investigation.
This new directive shows that the Supreme Court of India is all for trying to resolve the problems associated with the Tirupati Laddu issue while at the same ensuring that the judiciary remains impartial and free from the influence of the other branches of government, especially in the handling of the investigation.
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