Overview

• A Supreme Court bench of Justices J. K. Maheshwari and N. V. Anjaria stayed the Madras High Court’s quashing of the Tamil Nadu Police chargesheet but let the transfer of the investigation to the CBI remain in force.
• The court issued notice to the respondents on the state’s appeal and listed the matter for further hearing on November 14.
• The Madras High Court had on September 24 ordered a CBI takeover after flagging procedural lapses and material contradictions in the state probe.
• Tamil Nadu argued the High Court acted on a cursory reading despite a 7,411-page chargesheet naming 30 accused and contended that a CBI probe should be ordered only in exceptional cases.
• Armstrong, the BSP’s Tamil Nadu president, was killed on July 5, 2024 near his Perambur home; police say 27 suspects have been arrested, with several detained under the Goondas Act.