In a major setback for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government in Tamil Nadu, the Madras high court on Tuesday set aside a trial court’s order acquitting state’s higher education minister K Ponmudy and his wife in a ₹1.75-crore disproportionate assets case. The case pertains to Ponmudy amassing wealth disproportionately to the tune of ₹ 1.75 crore in his name and …
The Madras High Court has impleaded the Registrar General in the suo motu revision petition taken up against the acquittal of TN Minister K Ponmudi and his wife in a disproportionate assets case. Justice G Jayachandran observed that since the single judge had questioned the procedure adopted in transferring the case to a different Court which was essentially an administrative …
A retired Sessions Judge from Tamil Nadu approached the Supreme Court aggrieved by the adverse comments made by a single judge of the Madras High Court against her in relation to the judgment passed by her acquitting State Minister K Ponmudi and his wife in a disproportionate assets case.The petitioner, who retired as the Principal District and Sessions Judge at …
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Madras High Court's suo motu order re-opening the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Minister Ponmudi and his wife in a disproportionate assets case. Hailing Justice Anand Venkatesh of Madras High Court for passing the suo motu order, the Court refused to entertain the petitions filed by Ponmudi and his wife Visalatchi, …
