New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order that faulted the CBI director for allowing an officer not from the court-appointed SIT to probe into the adulteration of ghee used in the famed Tirumala Tirupati Temple’s ‘laddu prasadam’ (religious offerings).

The Andhra Pradesh High court said the CBI director acted in violation of the top court’s directions while carrying out a probe into "adulterated ghee" being used to prepare prasadam.

Granting relief on the plea of the CBI director, a bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran observed there was nothing wrong if a particular officer was asked to assist in the probe when the head of the probe agency himself was monitoring the investigation.

"If SIT wants to appoint a particular officer,

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