Madras High Court To Take Up Suo Motu Revision Against Trial Court Verdict Acquitting Minister Ponmudi In Disproportionate Assets Case

In a rare development, the Madras High court has decided to suo motu take up the revision of a judgement passed by a Vellore court in June acquitting Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi and his wife in a disproportionate assets case.Justice Anand Venkatesh has invoked Section 397 CrPC which allows any High Court or Sessions Court judge to call for and examine records of a...