Chief Justice of India remands case again to the Excessive Court docket for contemporary consideration
Chief Justice of India remands case again to the Excessive Court docket for contemporary consideration
The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday location apart a Madras Excessive Court docket advise of October 2018 transferring the probe into a criticism of corruption and nepotism in opposition to then Chief Minister Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami to the Central Bureau of Investigation from the Declare’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC).
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India remanded the case again to the Excessive Court docket for contemporary consideration and stated Mr. Palaniswami, who used to be represented by senior suggest Aryama Sundaram and advocates Balaji Srinivasan and S.R. Rajagopal, can be impleaded.
The Excessive Court docket had transferred the case to the CBI on October 12, 2018, on the premise of a petition filed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam discover collectively leader R.S. Bharathi, represented by senior suggest Kapil Sibal, for an ‘just’ investigation into accusations in opposition to Mr. Palaniswami by a competent police officer or crew.
The apex court docket also requested the Excessive Court docket to encourage in tips the sealed preliminary inquiry file submitted by DVAC, represented by suggest Joseph Aristotle S., sooner than it. The Bench stated it might presumably voice a detailed advise rapidly.
The distress concerns the award of contracts by the Declare Highways Department, of which Mr. Palaniswami had held the portfolio the
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