Overview
- The bench appointed a three-member supervisory panel led by retired Justice Ajay Rastogi, who will choose two senior IPS officers not native to Tamil Nadu.
- CBI must take custody of all FIRs, documents and digital evidence from Tamil Nadu Police, the High Court-ordered SIT and the state inquiry commission, and file monthly progress reports.
- The Supreme Court suspended the Madras High Court’s SIT order and questioned the Chennai bench’s jurisdiction and process in handling petitions linked to the Karur incident.
- Some named petitioners told the court they had not knowingly filed pleas seeking a CBI probe; the justices said the issue will be examined and allowed the state time to file a counter-affidavit.
- The September 27 crowd crush at TVK chief Vijay’s Karur rally killed 41 people, with reports citing turnout far beyond permitted numbers and delays in the leader’s arrival as factors.