The Supreme Court on Wednesday halted a Madras High Court direction that had transferred the investigation into the murder of former Tamil Nadu BSP president K Armstrong to the CBI. The High Court had also quashed the chargesheet filed by the state police, prompting the Tamil Nadu government to appeal.

A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi took up the state’s plea and stayed the transfer of the probe, noting concerns raised by the Tamil Nadu police over how the High Court handled the matter.

This comes weeks after the Court’s earlier order on October 10, when it stayed only the part of the High Court ruling that quashed the chargesheet, but allowed the transfer to the CBI to stand. That position has now changed.

Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for the Tamil Na

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