Overview
- Chief Justice Surya Kant’s bench dismissed Subramanian Swamy’s plea and held that the state’s one‑man committee operates in a different sphere from the criminal probe, directing both processes to proceed in law.
- The CBI‑led SIT has filed its final report, citing ICAR‑NDRI tests that found no animal fat in sealed samples while investigators concluded the ghee was chemically adulterated with vegetable oils and laboratory esters.
- Retired IAS officer Dinesh Kumar will examine the SIT’s Self‑Contained Note and recommend departmental action within 45 days under a government order defining a governance‑focused mandate.
- The Enforcement Directorate has registered an ECIR under PMLA to trace alleged bribes and money flows linked to ghee procurement, expanding the case into financial‑crime scrutiny.
- In an Assembly discussion, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan alleged an organised conspiracy and cited figures such as 59.71 lakh kg of adulterated ghee and about 20 crore laddus, with Kalyan saying the SIT identified 36 accused and alleging palm‑oil‑and‑chemical ‘ghee,’ even as the SIT notes limits in pinpointing precise composition.