Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan of #MadrasHighCourt dispenses with the appearance of DMK former Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam, his wife and son before the Cuddalore Principal District and Sessions Court, hearing a corruption case, till July 30, 2026 and directs the DVAC to file a counter affidavit by then. Passes

Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan of #MadrasHighCourt dispenses with the appearance of DMK former Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam, his wife and son before the Cuddalore Principal District and Sessions Court, hearing a corruption case, till July 30, 2026 and directs the DVAC to file a counter affidavit by then. Passes the interim order following a petition filed by the family to discharge them from the case booked in 2011 for having allegedly amassed wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income between 2006 and 2011 when he was Health Minister. Their first discharge petition filed in 2013 was allowed by a Chief Judicial Magistrate in 2016. However, Justice P. Velmurugan of the High Court reversed the discharge in 2025. This is their second discharge plea.
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