The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea from Paramasivam, the father of Ramkumar, the sole accused in the 2016 Swathi murder case, which sought to overturn the National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) closure order regarding Ramkumar's alleged custodial death. Ramkumar reportedly died by suicide in Puzhal Central Prison by biting a live wire. Paramasivam contended that the NHRC's decision to close the case was based solely on a police report and lacked an independent inquiry. However, Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan stated that the NHRC had thoroughly reviewed the evidence and concluded that Ramkumar's death was a suicide. The court emphasized the long delay in filing the petition and affirmed that the NHRC's decision to drop further proceedings was justified based on the available evidence, including a postmortem certificate and a judicial inquiry report.