Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court would be holding the portfolio for cases against sitting as well as former Members of the Parliament as well as the Legislative Assembly from January 2, 2024 according to the roster prepared for the first three months in the coming year.
Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala, in his capacity as the master of the roster, had decided to give back the MP/MLA portfolio to Justice Venkatesh after a break of three months from October 3, 2023 when the judge had been sitting in the Madurai Bench of the High Court.
During his previous tenure in the portfolio, Justice Venkatesh had taken suo motu revision against discharge/acquittal of Ministers K. Ponmudy, K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, I.. Periyasamy and Thangam Thennarasu as well as former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and former Minister B. Valarmathi from different cases.
