1. SC stays corruption case trial against Minister I. Periyasamy
The Supreme Court granted stay on the trial of Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I. Periyasamy in a corruption case regarding the alleged allotment of a plot in the Mogappair Eri scheme of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board, to C. Ganesan, who was the personal security officer to the then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, in 2008-2009.