In Brief
Dr. P.R. Subas Chandran petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the ability of a convicted person to serve as a trustee of a public trust. The Court did not issue a binding judgment on the substantive issue. Instead, it directed the petitioner to submit representations to States lacking explicit laws disqualifying convicted trustees, noting that Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan already have such disqualifications. The petition was disposed with the liberty for the petitioner to approach individual States within eight weeks.
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