India, July 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said it will take "remedial steps to ensure transparency" in the management of donations received at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, while making it clear that its immediate priority was to ensure a "speedy, qualitative and impartial investigation in a time-bound manner" into allegations of embezzlement of donations.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, also directed the Uttar Pradesh government to associate an expert in forensic audit with the newly constituted special investigation team (SIT), observing that the probe will necessarily involve scrutiny of financial accounts and transactions.

"The nature of investigation involves a...