Overview
- A bench of Justices J. K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi modified its October 10 order to suspend the CBI handover until the next hearing on January 13, 2026.
- The Madras High Court on September 24 had quashed the state police chargesheet and ordered a CBI probe with a six-month deadline, a directive now on hold.
- Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, for the Tamil Nadu police, said the investigation produced a roughly 7,400-page chargesheet and denied withholding records from the CBI.
- Armstrong’s wife, Porkudi, has intervened to support a CBI investigation, alleging the state has not handed over the probe papers to the agency.
- Armstrong was killed on July 5, 2024, near his Chennai residence, and police say 27 suspects have been arrested, with several detained under the Goondas Act.