The Supreme Court on Friday (September 26) stayed the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which observed that the CBI Director had violated the Apex Court's directions by appointing an officer outside the SIT to probe allegations of adulterated ghee in Tirumala Tirupati Temple's prasadam.

The Court passed the interim order in a Special Leave Petition filed by the CBI Director against the High Court's order. During the hearing, the bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice NV Anjaria orally observed that there was nothing wrong with the SIT delegating the investigation to another officer, when the entire probe was being monitored by the CBI Director.

"If SIT wants to appoint a particular officer, what is wrong with that?" CJI Gav

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