CHENNAI: In a reprieve to auditor S Gurumurthy, the Madras high court has restrained the Tamil Nadu advocate general from proceeding further with the application seeking his consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against him.
On October 27, 2021, Tamil Nadu advocate general (AG) R Shunmugasundaram recalled an order passed by his predecessor Vijay Narayan refusing consent to initiate criminal contempt against Gurumurthy for his alleged derogatory remarks against the judiciary.