A batch of six suo motu revision petitions taken up by the Madras High Court against the acquittal/discharge of four sitting Ministers, a former Chief Minister and a former Minister from various criminal cases have been listed before Justice N. Anand Venkatesh on Monday, under the caption ‘To fix a date for final hearing.’
Justice Venkatesh had taken up the suo motu revisions in August and September last year when he was holding the portfolio of MP/MLA cases. However, since he had to sit in the Madurai Bench for the ensuing three months, the cases were heard by Justice G. Jayachandran, between October 3 and December 22.
On December 5, 2023, the Judge allowed an application filed by the then Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy and his wife P. Visalakshi to implead the High Court’s Registrar General (R-G), too, as one of the respondents to the suo motu criminal revision petition taken up against them.
