Madras High Court dismisses petitions for CBI investigation into fraudulent registration of Palani Math land
The Madurai Bench takes note of the CB-CID’s status report on the progress of the investigation and allows the agency to proceed further. Former Palani MLA K.S.N. Venugopalu Senapathi of the AIADMK, chairperson of Palani Municipality R. Uma Maheshwari Pradeep, and Annapoorani Sivakumar were the petitioners
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed petitions for a CBI investigation into the fraudulent registration of Palani Math land on Monday. A Division Bench of Justices C.V. Karthikeyan and R. Sakthivel reviewed the CB-CID's status report on the investigation's progress. The report mentioned that 16 special teams conducted searches at 16 locations across six districts, seizing 207 documents, 12 mobile phones, three laptops, eight electronic devices, and various audio recordings, cash, and hardware.
Six mobile phones were obtained through production memos. So far, 115 witnesses, including government officials, had been examined, and different departmental records were seized for analysis. The court stated that since the probe was ongoing, it would not comment further and dismissed the petitions of former Palani MLA K.S.N. Venugopalu Senapathi, Palani Municipality chairperson R. Uma Maheshwari Pradeep, and Annapoorani Sivakumar.
The court directed the CB-CID to continue with the investigation. Meanwhile, Justice K. Murali Shankar reserved orders on bail petitions for three accused: suspended Sub-Registrar Justin Manikandan Subramanian, K. Vellathurai of Tiruppur, and D. Sethupathi of Palani, who were property buyers.
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