PIL plea filed against deposit of temple funds in State-owned non banking finance corporations

Key points

• A case has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the previous Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government’s decision to deposit hundreds of crores of rupees of surplus temple funds in State-owned non banking finance corporations such as Tamil Nadu Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TNPFC) and Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation (TNTDFC).
• A summer vacation Bench of Justices G.R.
• Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan on Wednesday admitted the public interest litigation petition filed by temple activist T.R.
• Ramesh of Indic Collective Trust and directed the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department to file its counter affidavit by May 27. The judges decided to take up the case for final hearing during the next week itself.
• Senior counsel S.