Overview
- The court declined to modify its direction that two IPS officers on the supervisory panel monitoring the CBI probe not be natives of Tamil Nadu, citing the need for fairness.
- The Registrar General’s report on case-listing and orders was ordered to be shared with all parties, and the registrar was made a party to the proceedings for replies.
- The bench refused to lift its stay on the state’s SIT and the one-member commission of inquiry, noting the CBI probe remains under a committee led by Justice (retired) Ajay Rastogi.
- Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi questioned how the Chennai bench ordered an SIT in a petition seeking only rally SOPs when Karur falls under the Madurai bench.
- The case stems from the September 27 Karur stampede at a TVK event that killed 41 people, with Tamil Nadu’s affidavits challenging the CBI transfer and the ‘non‑native’ IPS requirement still pending.