HC seeks State’s stand on examining decision taken by previous government to drop action against officials in Thoothukudi police firing incident
The Madras High Court has requested the Tamil Nadu government's position on reviewing previous decisions to drop disciplinary actions against officials involved in the 2018 Thoothukudi police firing incident. The court is overseeing compliance reports related to the Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission of Inquiry.
Why it matters
This case addresses accountability for a major human rights incident involving police conduct and state governance, highlighting the ongoing legal scrutiny of past administrative decisions.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday, hearing a batch of public interest litigation petitions filed in 2018 with regard to the Thoothukudi police firing incident, sought the State government’s stand on examining the decisions taken / G.O.s issued by the previous government to drop disciplinary proceedings against three officials.
A Division Bench of Justices C.V. Karthikeyan and R. Sakthivel took note of the compliance report submitted by the State. It was submitted that under the previous DMK government further action was dropped in the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the then Thoothukudi Collector N. Venkatesh, the then Inspector General of Police Shailesh Kumar Yadav and the then Deputy Inspector General of Police Kapil Kumar C. Saratkar.
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