The Supreme Court on Tuesday did not agree to the plea of a man, whose 17-year-old daughter was found dead at a private residential school in Tamil Nadu, that a doctor of his choice be permitted to be part of a team of experts ordered by the Madras High Court to conduct a fresh postmortem on her body.
The death of the class 12 girl on July 13 in the premises of the residential school had sparked off violence in certain areas of Kallakurichi district in Tamil Nadu.
The Madras High Court, while taking strong note of violent incidents, had directed state police chief to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to identify the rioters and take stern action against them. It had also ordered a re-postmortem on the body of the girl. But a plea from the victim's father to include a doctor of his choice to participate in the re-postmortem was turned down.
The girl’s father had urged the bench, headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana, to let a doctor of his choice be included in the team of experts and his plea against the high court's direction be listed for urgent hearing.