The Commission submitted its report on 8.6.2009 to the Government and accepting the recommendations of the Commission, departmental action was initiated against three police personnel viz.
Few police personnel were suspended on the same day and a Commission of Enquiry headed by a retired High Court Judge was also appointed which filed its report and the same was accepted by the State Government and some follow up action was taken.
Brief facts which led to the filing of the writ petition are as follows A group of students of Dr. Ambedkar Law College, Chennai belonging to Thevar Community is said to have pasted posters and pamphlets inside the companylege premises in companynection with the birthday celebrations of Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar in which the name of the law companylege was printed as Government Law College instead of Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College.
In furtherance of direction of this Court, the State filed a further Status Report stating that Government accepted the findings of the Inquiry Officer and imposed punishment of censure to Mr. Narayanamoorthy, Assistant Commissioner of Police in G.O. 2D No.
1 Mr .K. Narayanamoorthy, Assistant Commissioner of Police 2 Mr. M. Sekar Babu, Inspector of Police and 3 Mr. E. Perumal, Sub Inspector of Police.
In Crime No.1374/2008, some of the accused are yet to be apprehended and the charge sheet has been filed on 22.3.2011 before VIIth Metropolitan Magistrate, George Town, Chennai which is also yet to be taken on file.
As per Status Report filed in this Court on 8.9.2014, in Crime No.1371/2008 charge sheet was filed before VIIth Metropolitan Magistrate, George Town, Chennai on 10.3.2011 and the same was returned for rectification of certain errors and after rectification it was resubmitted on 19.5.2011 and the same is yet to be taken on file.
Regarding the incident, criminal cases were registered against both the groups.
By Order dated 29.4.2011, this Court directed the respondents to ensure that the final orders are passed before the next date and the State was directed to file Status Report with regard to the entire situation.
After companypleting the inquiry against the police officers companycerned, report was submitted to the Government and matter was pending before the Home Department for final decision for quite sometime.
Government of Tamilnadu appointed a Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice P. Shanmugam, a former Judge of the Madras High Court to inquire into the incident and the issues referred to by the Government.
Agitated Dalit Students questioned the Non Dalit Students which led to wordy altercation between the two groups culminating in an untoward incident which occurred in the campus of Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai on 12.11.2008 at about 2.20 P.M. Both the group of students attacked each other and it is alleged that Non Dalit Students Thevar Students were brutally beaten by the other group.
In the Status Report, it is stated that on 12.11.2008, on the same date of incident three officials namely, 1 Mr. K.K. Sridev, Principal of the Law College and 2 Mr. K. Narayanamoorthy, Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Jurisdiction Range and 3 Mr.M. Sekar Babu, Inspector of Police of B2 Esplanade Police Station were suspended and four Sub Inspectors of Police who were working in that area had been transferred to other districts.
In Crime No.1372/2008, charge sheet was filed and the same has been taken on file Case No.29/2011 and the next date of hearing has been fixed for 9.9.2014.
217 Home Police 2 Department dated 18.6.2013 and 2 Mr. Sekar Babu, Inspector of Police in G.O. 2D No.218 Home Police 2 Department dated 18.6.2013.
For the alleged ransacking and damaging of furnitures and other properties of the Principals Room on 13.11.2008 another case was registered in B2 Esplanade Police Station being Crime No.1374/2008 under Sections 147, 148 IPC and Section 3 1 of Tamilnadu Property Prevention of Damage and Loss Act, 1992 and 14 accused were arrested who were subsequently released on bail on 23.12.2008 as per the order of the High Court.
BANUMATHI, J. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking a writ of mandamus to initiate an independent investigation preferably by Central Bureau of Investigation CBI or Special Investigation Team SIT into the incident of alleged beating of students of Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai on 12.11.2008 by some miscreants so that criminal proceedings companyld be initiated against the guilty police personnel as well as the other persons responsible for the said incident.
