'Casual Allegations' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into TVK's Trust Vote Win In Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition seeking a court-monitored CBI investigation into allegations of horse-trading and corruption in connection with the trust vote won by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohan declined to entertain a writ petition filed by KK Ramesh, observing that it was founded on "casual allegations" unsupported by any reliable material.

The petition had sought a CBI probe into allegations that large sums of money were distributed to legislators of other parties and that government contracts were promised in exchange for support during the trust vote. It also sought the imposition of President's Rule in the State until the completion of the investigation.

Appearing for the petitioner, Advocate C.R. Jaya Sukin described the issue as a serious threat to democracy and alleged that ruling parties were engaging in horse-trading across the country.

"Kindly see what is happening. One state in East India, one state in middle India, the parties are flying in charter flight. Who arranges it?" Sukin submitted. Referring to the events surrounding the Tamil Nadu trust vote, he claimed that legislators had publicly submitted letters of support before the media.

The counsel further alleged that political parties were influencing MPs and MLAs through monetary inducements and threats.

"There is total horse trading. In this country every ruling party is destroying democratic activities by two ways. First they are giving money and bargaining MPs and MLAs. If they don't come then they threaten indirectly," he argued.

At one stage, when the counsel made broader allegations against ruling parties, the Chief Justice asked, "Which party are you talking about?"

Sukin responded that he was presently concerned only with Tamil Nadu but urged the Court to take note of developments elsewhere as well.

The Bench, however, appeared unconvinced. During the hearing, the Chief Justice remarked that the petitioner would not be disappointed by the dismissal of one PIL given the number of public interest litigations he had filed.

Dismissing the petition, the Court recorded in its order:

"We have heard for considerable length. This writ petition is based on casual allegations without any reliable material to substantiate the same. No ground of interference is made out."

The writ petition was accordingly dismissed.

Case Details: KK RAMESH v UNION OF INDIA | W.P.(C) No. 761/2026