Overview

• The Supreme Court set aside the Madras High Court directive ordering the arrest of ADGP H.M. Jayaram in a kidnapping case tied to an inter-caste marriage dispute.
• A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Manmohan transferred the investigation to the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department in light of the case’s controversial circumstances.
• The court declined to intervene in Jayaram’s suspension under All-India Service rules, noting he may challenge the order through appropriate legal channels.
• The Supreme Court requested the Madras High Court Chief Justice to reassign the abduction case and related FIRs to a different bench for impartial hearings.
• Investigators are probing allegations that Jayaram’s official vehicle was used in the abduction of a teenager in Vellore district and that MLA Poovai Jagan Moorthy played a role in the incident.