Tamil Nadu
Madras HC Takes Up Suo Moto Revision Of Discharge Of Ministers Thangam Thennarasu And KKSSR Ramachandran In Disproportionate Assets Case
KKSSR Ramachandran (L) and Thangam Thennarasu (R)
After taking up suo moto revision of the acquittal of senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) minister K Ponmudy in a disproportionate assets case, Justice N Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court has now taken up suo moto revision of the discharge of ministers Thangam Thennarasu and KKSSR Ramachandran in similar cases.
During the hearing on 23 August, Justice Venkatesh passed individual orders in the two cases detailing reasons for the revision and issued notice to the accused as well as the prosecution.
Thangam Thennarasu
Thennarasu, who is the Finance Minister in the current government was discharged by the Principal District and Sessions Court in Srivilliputhur in December 2022 from a case filed against him and his wife Manimegalai by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) for accumulating disproportionate assets during his tenure as School Education minister in 2006-11.
They had filed a plea stating that the DVAC chargesheet against them had inconsistencies.
KKSSR Ramachandran
A case was filed by the DVAC in 2011 against Ramachandran, his wife Adhilakshmi and a close aide Shanmughamoorthy for accumulating disproportionate assets amounting to Rs 43 lakh.
He had approached the Madras High Court to quash the case in 2016. However, the Court ordered a re-investigation.
The DVAC then submitted a report giving them a clean chit. The Virudhunagar court then discharged them based on this report.
Ramachandran is the Revenue minister in the current government.
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