The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Monday directed the CB-CID to complete the investigation in Avaniyapuram custodial death case by the end of January 2022.

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Monday directed the CB-CID to complete the investigation in Avaniyapuram custodial death case by the end of January 2022. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice M Duraiswamy gave the direction in a suo motu petition filed over suspicious withdrawal of the custodial death petition by the parents of the victim before the court in 2019.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday sought a counter from the Thoothukudi Superintendent of Police Murali Rambha after
a public interest litigation petition alleged police clampdown against anti-Sterlite protesters.

Activists in Madurai have formed a federation against the ‘pro-corporate’ stand of Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry and condemned it for supporting Sterlite industries.

Expressing disappointment over the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) decision in the Sterlite Copper case, in which the State’s decision to close the plant was set aside, People’s Watch, a Madurai-based Human Rights Organisation, has urged the State government to immediately take a policy decision in this regard.