The Supreme Court on Monday (October 6, 2025) set aside certain directions issued by the Kerala High Court that had ordered the Cochin Devaswom Board to re-fix licence fees and initiate a vigilance inquiry against Chinmaya Mission Educational & Cultural Trust.

A Bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice KV Viswanathan held that the High Court's additional directions went beyond the scope of the writ petition filed by the appellants and were passed without affording them an opportunity of hearing, thus violating the principles of natural justice.

The Court was hearing an appeal filed by P. Radhakrishnan and another, trustees of the Chinmaya Mission Educational & Cultural Trust, challenging portions of a Kerala High Court judgment dated August 9, 2023, in W.P.(C) No. 29089/2020

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