JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, direct the respondents to expedite the investigation in Crime No.355 of 2020 on the file of Alangulam Police Station, Virudhunagar District and to pay maximum compensation for the petitioner's son Saravanan who died due to electrocution.)

1. I hail from Thiruvarur. It was ruled by Manu Needhi Cholan (I refuse to rename or call him by some other name merely because “Manu” may sound politically incorrect). This King had hung a giant bell in front of his palace. Any one seeking justice could ring it and he will be heard and justice rendered. One day, it so happened that a young calf had got crushed under the wheels of the chariot on which the only son of the king, Prince Veedhi Vidangan was travelling. The mother of the calf walked to the palace gates and rang the bell. The king came out and learnt what happened. The king ordered that his son should be killed in the same way so that he could undergo the very same pain as that of the cow. The legend has been depicted in stone near the vitta vassal of the temple and it is one of my earliest memories. The Bench of Justice