ORDER :

Anil K. Narendran, J.

This suo motu proceedings was registered on 06.09.2021, based on a news item that appeared in an online media regarding certain activities undertaken in the Nadappanthal in front of Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, in connection with the wedding of the son of an industrialist, Sri.Ravi Pillai, which was scheduled to be held on 09.09.2021. As per the photographs in that online media report, huge cut-outs, branches of trees, etc., are used for decorating the Nadappanthal in front of Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple. On 06.09.2021, at 4.00 p.m., the learned Standing Counsel for Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Managing Committee’), on instructions, submitted that the cut-outs, branches of trees, etc., used for decorating the Nadappanthal in front of the temple have already been removed. The learned Standing Counsel made available for the perusal of this Court two photographs of the Nadappanthal taken at 3.15 p.m. and sought time to get instructions on the permission, if any, granted in connection with the marriage in que