The High Court said it was satisfied that the union government had adhered to requisite norms for the conferment of the award.
The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by a lawyer seeking a direction to the Central government to revoke the Padma award conferred upon spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev in April 2017.
A bench of Chief Justice KR Shriram and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy dismissed the PIL that was filed in 2017 by advocate M Vetriselvan.
The bench said it was “satisfied” that the Union government had adhered to requisite norms for the conferment of the award.
The petitioner moved the Court claiming that Vasudev’s Padma Vibhushan award be revoked given that his foundation, the Isha Foundation, was facing multiple charges and was the subject of litigation in several cases.