The overhead water tank in Vengaivayal, in which human faeces have been combined in December 2022.
| Photo Credit: M. Moorthy
The Supreme Court on Friday gave a Chennai-based lawyer liberty to strategy the Madras High Court along with his plea for an impartial probe into allegations that delinquent parts contaminated water saved in a tank at Vengaivayal village in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu.
A Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul mentioned the State High Court could be higher positioned to look into the difficulty.
“This happened in a village in Tamil Nadu… Go to the High Court,” Justice Kaul addressed advocate G.S. Mani, showing for petitioner-advocate Marx Raveendran.
Mr. Mani sought a court-monitored investigation by the CBI or a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a retired High Court or Supreme Court choose.
He mentioned “antisocial elements had mixed human excreta into the drinking water stored in the overhead water tank which is only meant for use by the Dalit community members in the village”.
