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A 73-year-old advocator made a notation earlier the Madras High Court Chief Justice’s Bench connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026) regarding a bid of intersexual offences being committed against children successful Tamil Nadu successful caller years and urged the tribunal to initiate a suo motu nationalist involvement litigation (PIL) petition.
Appearing earlier the archetypal Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan, advocator A.P. Suryaprakasam referred to latest quality reports of a 14-year-old having been gang-raped adjacent Madurantakam successful Chengalpattu territory connected Monday (March 9, 2026) evening.
He said, arsenic per the caller reports, the unfortunate was riding pillion, on with a 16-year-old girl, connected a motorcycle erstwhile the incidental occurred. A 17-year-old lad was riding the conveyance and each 3 of them were travelling from Tambaram to Keelakandai erstwhile they were followed by 2 motorcyle-borne men adjacent Devathur.
When the lad riding the motorcycle attempted to contention the conveyance successful a bid to flight the chasers, helium mislaid power and each 3 fell down. While the 17-year-old lad and the 16-year-old miss managed to get backmost connected their feet and escape, the 14-year-old was near behind.
The bike-borne allegedly dragged the insignificant miss to a secluded spot adjacent Athivakkam water and raped her. The unfortunate was subsequently admitted to the Chengalpattu authorities infirmary and a lawsuit was registered by the All Women Police Station. The constabulary had, thereafter, arrested ‘Kakka’ Balaji, 1 of the 2 suspects.
Mr. Suryaprakasam told the Chief Justice’s Bench that this was not an isolated incident, arsenic determination had been galore different incidents of intersexual offences committed against women and children successful the State successful caller years. He said, adjacent a two-year-old miss had died owed to intersexual maltreatment successful Krishnagiri territory recently.
According to quality reports, the Anchetti constabulary had arrested 40-year-old Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam younker helping office-bearer Periyanayagam for sexually abusing the two-year-old girl, causing her death. Therefore, helium urged the tribunal to intiate suo motu proceedings for issuing due directions to the State.
When the judges wanted to cognize wherefore the lawyer, practising successful the High Court for the past 48 years, had not filed a PIL petition regarding the issue, helium replied that the First Information Reports (FIRs) successful Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases were not made nationalist and hence, helium was not successful possession of those materials.
The judges past asked him to record the petition based connected disposable materials and said that they would see it appropriately.
