Overview

• Passing a prima facie interim order, the bench directed the CBI to investigate the September 27 Karur stampede and to file monthly progress reports before a three-member committee led by retired Justice Ajay Rastogi.
• The court suspended the Tamil Nadu government’s Aruna Jagadeesan one-man commission and kept the Madras High Court–constituted SIT in abeyance, directing that all collected materials be handed to the CBI.
• Justice Rastogi will select two senior IPS officers of the Tamil Nadu cadre who are not natives of the state to serve on the supervisory panel guiding the CBI’s work.
• The bench questioned the Madras High Court’s jurisdiction and case handling, sought an explanation from its Registrar on registering an SOP plea as a criminal writ, and flagged concerns over swift post-mortems and early cremations.
• Tamil Nadu informed the court that two individuals named as CBI-seeking petitioners denied filing those cases; the bench noted it will examine the issue, granted the state time to file a counter affidavit, and political parties such as the AIADMK and BJP publicly welcomed the CBI probe.