'Verify if elections to church held despite interim stay'

: Madras High Court today directed Coimbatore city police commissioner to conduct an enquiry into whether the CSI Coimbatore Diocese, facing an enquiry by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office, had held elections despite an interim stay, and to submit a report to it.
The court had granted the interim injunction on Friday on a plea from one E Prem Kumar,claiming to be a permanent member of CSI, Slater Nagar Pastorate, Perundurai,Coimbatore Diocese, restraning it from holding elections, scheduled from November 14 to 16, in view of the enquiry by SFIO.
The petitioner had submitted Stating that CISTA is a public religious and charitable trust registered under the Indian Companies Act.

He had said that for the past four years,he had made many detailed complaints to various authorities on illegalities and irregularities on the basis of which the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had ordered a probe by SFIO.
On Monday, assailing the injunction the CSI moved the court to vacate the interim order.
When the plea came up for hearing, the petitioner's counsel alleged that despite the interim order of the court, election is being conducted to the diocese in All Souls Church, Coimbatore.

The petitioner today submitted that elections were conducted despite the court order.
CSI denied the charge and submitted that the interim order had not reached members and could not be communicated in time. They had just assembled there to discuss other agendas but not the elections.

When the court sought to know what was the other agenda, CSI was unable to clarify it, following which the HC orally directed the Coimbatore Police Commissioner to verify and submit to it whether elections were conducted.