Chief Justice’s bench grants the interim stay pursuant to a writ petition filed by the accused for transfer of investigation from Greater Chennai police to CBI
The cases involve long-pending paper leak issues relating to Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) MLA Bedi Ram and Nishad Party MLA Vipul Dubey, both allies of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh
The principal district and sessions court in Chennai had refused to grant them bail on July 17, 2026 and hence they had moved the High Court
Court observes that data provided by the High Court administration is in variance with the report by the State Police Chief, which cited 256 pending cases. It directs SPC to correct the statistics