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The State of Tamil Nadu connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025) urged the Supreme Court of India to acceptable speech its October 13 order transferring the Karur stampede case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying it undermines State autonomy and sets a unsafe precedent.
The State said the Supreme Court cited the “political undertones” of the lawsuit arsenic a crushed to transportation the probe from a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of elder Tamil Nadu constabulary officers to the Central agency.
“Mere governmental overtones oregon allegations cannot warrant transferring probe to the CBI. In a national polity wherever antithetic governmental parties govern astatine the Union and the State, allegations of governmental motive oregon rivalry are commonplace,” the Tamil Nadu Government, represented by elder advocator P. Wilson, submitted successful the Supreme Court.
Forty-one radical were killed and respective injured successful the Karur stampede connected September 27 during a rally organised by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) founded by histrion Vijay.
The State said the “floodgates for governmental misuse of Central investigative agencies” would beryllium opened if “political undertones” go capable ground for CBI intervention.
The State said the October 13 bid successful the Karur stampede has “undermined State autonomy and the law equilibrium of power”.
“The Interim Order sets a unsafe precedent whereby each politically delicate lawsuit whitethorn beryllium sought to beryllium removed from State jurisdiction, contrary to the national operation and judicial self-restraint,” the State argued.
The State said the SIT of elder Tamil Nadu constabulary officers had been constituted by the Madras High Court. It was already functioning nether the nonstop supervision of the High Court itself to guarantee transparency and accountability. A Court cannot bid a CBI probe arsenic a substance of routine.
“The SIT, functioning nether the aegis of the High Court, represented the astir due equilibrium betwixt independency of probe and respect for the national structure, and determination exists nary demonstrable crushed oregon worldly warranting to invoke bonzer jurisdiction and instrumentality the measurement of transferring the probe to the CBI,” the State submitted.
The State said the apex court’s insistence connected October 13 to person 2 “non-native” IPS officers from the Tamil Nadu cadre successful a committee chaired by erstwhile Supreme Court judge, Justice Ajay Rastogi, was “ex facie unconstitutional”.
“The absorption proceeds connected an impermissible presumption that officers of Tamil Nadu root are inherently little impartial, which is an affront to the integrity of the All India Services,” the State contended.
It argued that the classification introduced successful the September 13 bid betwixt ‘native’ and ‘non-native’ officers lacks immoderate intelligible differentia and bears nary rational nexus to the entity of ensuring just investigation.
The State said the ‘classification’ was violative of the cardinal close to equality and non-discrimination. The Tamil Nadu Government besides sought a alteration successful the constitution of the supervisory committee.
Inspectors General of Police Sumit Sharan and Sonal V. Mishra was chosen to assistance the committee headed by Justice Ajay Rastogi.
The State claimed that 1 of the chosen officers, portion serving arsenic Coimbatore Police Commissioner, was transferred by the Election Commission to a non-election station during the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections pursuant to inputs indicating a cognition of bias successful favour of the AIADMK party.
“This past grounds and bias attached to 1 governmental enactment raises a morganatic apprehension regarding the impartiality and neutrality of the serviceman successful the contiguous investigation,” the Tamil Nadu affidavit said.
The State sought the contiguous removal of the committee for the involvement of the integrity of the investigation.
