NationalWednesday, 28 October 2026·Hindu Tamil Thisai
Supreme Court stays Madras High Court order on extraditing idol-smuggling convict Subhash Chandra Kapoor to Germany
The Supreme Court stayed the Madras High Court’s order allowing extradition of Subhash Chandra Kapoor to Germany in the idol-smuggling case.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In October 2026, the Supreme Court stayed the Madras High Court’s order that had allowed extradition of idol-smuggling convict Subhash Chandra Kapoor to Germany in the Suthamalli Varadaraja Perumal temple case from Ariyalur district.
Key specifics
- The original case relates to the Suthamalli Varadaraja Perumal temple in Ariyalur district.
- The Kumbakonam Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate had sentenced Subhash Chandra Kapoor to 10 years’ imprisonment.
- His sentence period ended in October 2022.
- The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court ordered his extradition to Germany.
- A Supreme Court bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan issued the interim stay.
Exam lens
TNPSC Polity/Judiciary one-liner: extradition, interim stay, Madras High Court Madurai Bench, Supreme Court bench of B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan, idol-smuggling case from Ariyalur.