The Madras High Court on Friday decided not to hear petitions filed by former Municipal Administration Minister S.P. Velumani, seeking a stay of the investigation in two corruption cases, since the Supreme Court was seized of appeals preferred by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) against the previous interim orders.
Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N. Mala adjourned the petitions to stay as well as quash the First Information Report (FIR) to September 19, after Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram told the court that the Supreme Court had decided to hear the appeals preferred by the DVAC on September 14 after issuing notice to the other side.
The appeals had been preferred against an order passed by the High Court on August 11, permitting the investigating agency to continue the probe but not file a final report, and also another order passed on Wednesday, refusing to restrain senior counsel S.V. Raju, who is also an Additional Solicitor General, from appearing on behalf of the former Minister.
