The Madras High Court on Monday directed National Commission for the Scheduled Castes (NCSC) to disclose by June 13 the status of a complaint lodged with it by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary in 2019 accusing Murasoli Trust, associated with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), of being in possession of over 12 grounds of Panchami land at Kodambakkam in Chennai.
Justice Anita Sumanth asked Additional Solicitor General AR.L. Sundaresan to get instructions from the NCSC after Senior Counsel P. Wilson, representing the trust, requested the court to call for a status report from the commission. The ASG readily agreed to ascertain the fate of the complaint because more than three years had elapsed since it was lodged by R. Srinivasan of BJP.
Recalling the brief history of the case, Mr. Wilson told the judge that NCSC had issued summons to the trust in December 2019 when L. Murugan, incumbent Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, was serving as its vice-chairman. Hence, the trust had moved the High Court in January 2020 alleging bias and political motive behind the summons.
