The Madras High Court has postponed the case for judgment without a fixed date. The case concerns human waste mixed in the drinking water tank of Vengaiwayal village. The petitioner filed a public interest case suggesting the appointment of a retired high court judge to oversee the CBCID investigation into the issue. The case has been transferred to the CBCID based on a complaint lodged at the Vellanur police station. The case came up for hearing in a bench comprising Chief Justice Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakraborty. The judges suggested appointing a retired judge of the High Court to supervise the investigation of this case. The case was adjourned for judgment without specifying a date.
Chennai: ‘Why not appoint a retired high court judge to oversee the CBCID investigation into the issue of human waste being mixed in the drinking water tank at Vengaiwayal?’ The Madras High Court has adjourned the case for judgment without specifying a date.
The issue of human waste being mixed in the overhead drinking tank for the Scheduled Tribe residents of Venkaiwayal village under Annavasal Panchayat of Pudukottai district had caused a great stir in Tamil Nadu. A case registered under the Prevention of Atrocities Act, Indian Penal Code sections has been transferred to the CBCID based on a complaint lodged at the Vellanur police station regarding the incident.
In this case, in a public interest petition filed by Rajkamal from Vepanpattu, Thiruvallur district in the Chennai High Court, “70 years after the independence of the country, untouchability atrocities are still taking place. The social justice mentioned in the constitution is still a distant dream. The scheduled people are being treated as second-class citizens.
Pudukottai CBCID police are investigating the case only nominally. No serious investigation was conducted. Only a few have been investigated for mere eye contact. There is no intention to bring the real culprits to justice. Even after 90 days have passed since the complaint was filed, not a single person has been arrested in connection with the case. Not properly investigated. Therefore, the case should be transferred to the CBI for investigation,” he had demanded.
The case came up for hearing in a bench comprising Chief Justice Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakraborty. Additional Chief Advocate Ravindran, who appeared for the Tamil Nadu government at that time, filed the report of the CBCID investigating officer who is investigating the case. Later, he said, “147 witnesses have been questioned in connection with this case. Contradictory information has come to light regarding the mixing of human waste. The investigation is ongoing.”
After hearing the case, the judges asked, ‘Why not appoint a retired judge of the High Court to supervise the investigation of this case?’ They questioned. Later, the case was adjourned for judgment without specifying a date.