Overview

• Justices J K Maheshwari and N V Anjaria appointed a three-member supervisory committee led by Justice Ajay Rastogi, who will select two senior IPS officers from the Tamil Nadu cadre who are not natives of the state.
• The CBI must file periodic reports to the committee, with monthly progress updates directed to ensure transparency in the investigation.
• The bench criticized the Madras High Court for procedural irregularities and conflicting orders across its Chennai and Madurai benches, flagging jurisdictional concerns.
• The court recorded allegations that some Supreme Court petitions were filed in victims’ names without their consent and said it will examine the issue without pausing the transfer.
• Authorities maintain that 41 people died after turnout far exceeded the permitted number and that inadequate arrangements and a prolonged delay in Vijay’s arrival contributed, with FIRs naming TVK officials for culpable homicide and endangering life.