The Supreme Court declined Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Trusts Plea in 2020, Seeking to exempt it from the audit of 25 years as ordered by the court.
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The Temple has been within the news since 2011 after discovering treasure worth over Rs. 1 lakh crore in its secret vaults.
The SC in 2011 said, as per customary law, members of the royalty have shebait rights even after the death of the last ruler.
Shebait rights mean the proper to manage the financial affairs of the deity.
The previous Travancore royalty created the Padmanabhaswamy Temple Trust.
However, the court ordered arranging an executive committee with the Thiruvananthapuram District Judge as its chairperson for transparent administration of the Temple within the future.
The trust argues that the court ordered it to oversee rituals of the Temple, with no role of the administration.