Paripoornan Comm submits report on TDB
Kochi,
Dec
19:
The
high-power
Justice
K
S
Paripoornan
Commission,
appointed
by
the
Kerala
high
court
to
inquire
into
allegations
of
corruption
and
malpractice
in
the
Travancore
Devaswom
Board
(TDB),
submitted
its
report
to
Chief
Justice
H
L
Dattu
today.
Justice Paripoornan, a former judge of the Supreme Court, and Commission member D R Karthikeyan, former Director, CBI, went to the chief justice's residence here this morning and submitted the report.
A division bench of the Kerala high court, headed by then Chief Justice V K Bali, had appointed the three-member Paripoornan Commission in January this year to look into the affairs of the TDB, which administers several important temples in the state including the Sabarimala hill shrine.
The third member of the panel was Justice B M Thulasidas, a former Kerala high court judge. The high court had appointed the inquiry commission following a writ petition filed by one C Radhakrishnan and another person from Ambalappuzha, alleging that the TDB president, two members and the commissioner had indulged in widespread corruption in the administration of the Devaswom Board.
The petitioner had sought the appointment of a commission to probe the allegations.
UNI