Karur Stampede | 'Want Everything To Be Fair': Supreme Court Refuses To Modify Direction That Supervisory Committee Members Should Not Be From Tamil Nadu

In the Karur Stampede case, the Supreme Court today refused to modify its earlier direction that members of the Supervisory Committee constituted to monitor the CBI investigation not be natives of Tamil Nadu.

A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi heard the matter.

"We want everything to be fair", remarked Justice Maheshwari after Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra raised concerns about para 33 of the Court's judgment ordering CBI probe.

It may be recalled that vide its October 13 judgment, to allay the concerns of the parties regarding the impartiality of the investigation, the Court had formed a 3-member Supervisory Committee, headed by former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ajay Rastogi, to monitor the CBI investigation. Justice Rastogi was asked to choose two senior IPS officers, not below the rank of the Inspector General of Police, who may be from the Tamil Nadu cadre, but not natives of Tamil Nadu, as the other members of the Committee.

Today, the top Court refused to make any changes in its earlier directions and expressed inclination to hear the matter once and for all. On perusing a report sent by the Registrar General of the Madras High Court on how a writ petition seeking SOP for rallies was registered as a criminal writ petition, it also remarked that there is "something wrong" with the High Court. It was directed that the report be shared with the counsels for the parties for them to respond.

Case Title: TAMILAGA VETTRI KAZHAGAM v. P.H. DINESH AND ORS.| Diary No. 58048-2025 (and connected cases)