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Madras High Court dismisses A. Raja’s plea in disproportionate assets case probed by CBI

Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan refuses to direct the investigating agency to bring certain documents on record before the special court for MP/MLA cases

Madras High Court dismisses A. Raja’s plea in disproportionate assets case probed by CBI

On August 21, 2026, the Madras High Court dismissed a petition filed by former Union Minister and DMK MP A. Raja. The petition sought a direction for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to produce certain documents related to a disproportionate assets case. The case, registered against A. Raja, his wife M.A. Parameshwari, and others in 2015, was dismissed by Justice G.K.

Ilanthiraiyan after hearing arguments from both the petitioner's counsel and the CBI special public prosecutor, K. Srinivasan. The petitioner had previously approached the High Court following a similar plea's dismissal by a special court for MP/MLA cases in Chennai on December 8, 2025.

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