Overview

• The bench led by Chief Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji took urgent matters and then rose within about half an hour as the odor worsened.
• Court staff closed the courtroom and began cleaning air-conditioning ducts and ceiling crevices considered likely entry points.
• High court officials said forest personnel captured a palm civet early Tuesday after traps were set in the area.
• Sources attributed the disruption to civet urine in the false ceiling and vents of the Chief Justice’s courtroom.
• The episode echoes earlier nuisance reports at the chief minister’s and opposition leader’s official residences, and some reports suggest the animal may have strayed from nearby Mangalavanam sanctuary.