Supreme Court Stays Revival Of Disproportionate Assets Case Against Ex-TN CM O Paneerselvam
Live LawThe Supreme Court today issued notice against the Madras High Court's order setting aside the discharge of O Panneerselvam, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and his family members in a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act over alleged disproporation assets. Bhatti briefly heard senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Mukul Rohagti, Siddharth Luthra and S. Nagamuthu appearing for various accused persons and passed the following order. The challenge is to the impugned order of learned single judge of the High Court judicature at Madras exercising powers of suo moto criminal revision, under Section 397 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. Background Justice Anand Venkatesh exercised suo moto criminal revision against the order passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate/Special Judge, Sivagangai discharging Paneerselvam and his family in a disproportionate asset case.