Cyril Selvam

Cyril Thamarai Selvam is a judge in Madras High Court.

Devananda

Judge Selvam grants Douglas Devananda the privilege of facing the trial for murder charge through video conferencing from Colombo. Devananda is a proclaimed offender in India and is wanted on charges of murder, attempt to murder, rioting, unlawful assembly and kidnapping.

Whistle blower Savukku's site www.savukku.net

In an interim order on the petition filed by news reader Mahalaxmi, Justice Selvam blocked the entire website www.savukku.net. This order on 28 Feb 2014 directly contradicts an earlier order by Madras High Court on 15 Apr 2012 against banning entire website instead of specific URLs.

Earlier in Feb, savukku.net had exposed the tapes of conversations between DMK MP Kanimozhi and former Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jaffer Sait, and Jaffer Sait and Kalaignar TV's former director Sharad Kumar and DMK President M Karunanidhi's Secretary K.Shanmuganathan and Jaffer Sait.

Judge C T Selvam is considered to be close to Karunanidhi's family.

Justice CT Selvam became judge of the Madras High Court when Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 2006 to 2011. A couple of hours before taking oath as judge Justice Selvam called on Karunanidhi and got his blessings and this was revealed through a government press release with photograph by the Tamil Nadu government's Information Department.