DGP, CoP must explain inaction against those who used filthy language in the presence of retired judge: HC

The Madras High Court connected Thursday called for an mentation from the Director General of Police arsenic good arsenic the Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police aft the Kilpauk constabulary did not instrumentality stern enactment against a person and his associates who had utilized abusive and filthy connection successful beforehand of retired justice V. Parthiban who had been appointed arsenic the head of Pachaiyappa’s Trust Board.

A Division Bench of Justices G. Jayachandran and K. Kumaresh Babu ordered some the officials indispensable taxable their mentation by January 30. The orders were passed aft Mr. Parthiban wrote to the High Court connected January 2 narrating the incidental that transpired successful the spot committee bureau connected December 23, 2025. The board’s counsel M.R. Jothimanian said, the constabulary had truthful acold not adjacent registered a First Information Report (FIR).

It was brought to the announcement of the Division Bench that the spot had rented retired 965 quadrate feet of its spot astatine Tana Street successful Purasawalkam, Chennai to R.M. Saravanan and his woman S. Banumathi. Since the mates did not remit the rent properly, the spot obtained a civilian tribunal bid to vacate them. The spot caput C. Duraikannu visited the property, on with the tribunal staff, connected December 19, 2025 to execute the tribunal order.

During the visit, the caput recovered the mates had illegally sub-let the spot to different household connected receipt of ₹11 lakh towards lease amount. Subsequently, the mates visited the spot committee bureau on with a person connected December 23 and began hurling abuses successful beforehand of the retired justice of the High Court, Mr. Jothimanian said and produced video clips of the incident.

He said, the spot caput had lodged a ceremonial ailment with the Inspector of Kilpauk constabulary presumption close connected the time of the incidental but the constabulary had not taken immoderate effectual enactment till date. After perusing the video clips and besides the retired judge’s communication, the Division Bench led by Justice Jayachandran took superior enactment of the contented and called for an mentation from the constabulary officers.

They wanted the Kilpauk Assistant Commissioner of Police excessively to explicate the alleged inaction.