The Supreme Court on Monday (May 19, 2025) granted interim relief to the Dalit Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) in connection with a case alleging corruption by the body in the implementation of a scheme for the welfare of sanitation workers and the Dalit community in Tamil Nadu.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justice A.G. Masih kept in abeyance an order passed by the high court in connection with the implementation of the Annal Ambedkar Business Champions Scheme (AABCS).
The top court also asked the high court to consider the impleadment of DICCI, so that they get an opportunity to be heard before any decision was taken in the case.
“Let the present petitioners [DICCI] be impleaded as respondents. Let the high court consider the application and let an order be passed after hearing all parties. Till such an order is passed, let the impugned order be kept in abeyance,” the top court ordered.
The brief hearing saw the Bench question the urgency with which the high court had taken up the petition filed by activist Savukku Shankar during the court’s vacation and passed the interim order which came under challenge.
Mr. Shankar had sought a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into allegations of diversion of funds.
Published – May 20, 2025 02:05 am IST
