Overview
- Justice N. Sathish Kumar agreed to list an urgent petition from Kancheepuram police today challenging the remand, with a related challenge to an externment order also to be heard.
- Police told the High Court that Principal District Judge Pa. U. Chemmal acted due to a personal dispute with his former personal security officer.
- On September 8, the sessions court ordered Deputy Superintendent of Police Shankar Ganesh’s arrest and judicial custody until September 22 in a case under the SC/ST Act.
- The Additional Public Prosecutor argued the judge invoked Section 4 of the SC/ST Act without the inquiry the Supreme Court requires, following a September 4 externment directive.
- The arrest order triggered confusion in the court complex, and the DSP was later taken to hospital after falling ill, according to police.