The Madras High Court today expressed that the CBI investigation into the Sathankulam custodial deaths appeared to be moving in the right direction, after perusing the Central agency's first status report (Registrar General (Judicial), Madurai Bench of Madras High Court v. State of Tamil Nadu and ors).

Other impleadment pleas filed included those by NGO, People's Watch, L Vasuki and KS Arjunan. The respondents before the Court today informed the Court that they do not have any objections to the Court taking up the impleadment pleas.......