2026 Supreme(SC) 553
M. M. SUNDRESH, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
State of Tamil Nadu – Appellant
Versus
Ponnusamy – Respondent
Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Kartik Seth, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Saini, Adv. Ms. Ratakshi Sarvaria, Adv. Mr. K.m. Abish, Adv. Ms. Shaesta Irshad, Adv. Mr. Ragib, Adv. M/s Chambers Of Kartik Seth, AOR Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. M.F.Philip, Adv. Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR Mr. Kartikeya Dang, Adv. Mr. Aadarsh Joshi, Adv. Mr. Karamveer Singh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Togin M. Babichen, Adv. Ms. Muskan Anand, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. M.F. Philip, Adv. Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR Mr. Karamveer Singh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Togin M. Babichen, Adv. Dr. Yug Mohit Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha, Adv. Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Bharathimohan M., Adv. Ms. V. Swetha, Adv. Mr. Vairawan A.s, AOR Mr. Navneet Dugar, AOR Mr. Prashant Padmanabhan, AOR Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. N. Sai Vinod, AOR Ms. Kanu Garg, Adv. Mr. Raunak Arora, Adv. Mr. Kavinesh Rn, Adv. Mr. Shubham Chopra, Adv. Mr. M Sathyanarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Anindita Mitra, AOR Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Lakshman Raja T, Adv. Ms. Payoshi Roy, Adv. Mr. Kaushal Kishore, Adv. Mr. Amit Pratap Shaunak, Adv. Mr. Achintya Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Priyanshu Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. M. Srinivasan, Adv. Mr. D. Narayana Kumar, Adv. Mr. C. Solomon, AOR Mr. Shri Singh, Adv. Ms. Arshiya Ghose, Adv. Ms. Rudrali Patil, Adv. Ms. Arunima M, Adv. Mr. Varuni Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. S. Parthasarathi, AOR Mr. Jayanth Muth Raj, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shivani Vij, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Siddhi Nagwekar, Adv. Mr. Yash Tayal, Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Lzafeer Ahmad B. F., AOR Mr. Anshika Das, Adv. Mr. Arif Ali, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Kaushik, Adv.
JUDGMENT :
SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, J.
“The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. It’s one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment’s hesitation to crush beauty and life.” – Rabindranath Tagore
1. The need for this Court to begin with the aforenoted words of Rabindranath Tagore emanates from the fact that the present case is a classic illustration of how humans tend to surpass all limits of sound human behavior and even go to the extent of crushing human lives in the pursuance of their greed. A disputed piece of land, contesting claims over the same, prolonged litigation, unsuccessful attempts to favourably turn the pending litigations, a reputed doctor of Chennai, a land-grabbing mafia, few advocates, few henchmen and a broad day-light murder in Chennai. These are the highlights of what we are about to discuss in the present case.
2. The case pertains to the murder of Dr. Subbiah, a reputed doctor working at Billroth Hospital, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai. On 14.09.2013, at about 05:00 PM, the deceased doctor wrapped his work for the day and left the hospital. As he
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