Nepal Floods: Ex-Madras HC Justice V Sivagnanam missing, CJI intervention sought
The bar body has urged the CJI to forward its appeal to the Government of India and the concerned authorities and to take all possible and immediate steps to trace Justice Sivagnanam.
Former Madras High Court judge and senior advocate Justice Veerasamy Sivagnanam(Retd.) has remained untraceable following catastrophic flash floods in Nepal. Raising concern over his whereabouts, the Delhi Tamil Advocates Association has written to Government of India and Chief Justice of India seeking immediate assistance.
Updated : Aug 31, 2026, 10:13 AM IST
In the appeal to the CJI Surya Kant, the Association said Justice Sivagnanam was travelling in Nepal as part of a group of Tamil pilgrims when floods and landslides struck the country. His presence in the group of pilgrims was confirmed by a group photograph taken aboard the bus. Further, the association said that Justice Sivagnanam communicated with his wife over a WhatsApp call in the early hours of August 26, following which there has been no further contact with him.