A great amount of anxiety has gripped lawyers representing four sitting Ministers and two former Ministers, facing suo motu revisions taken up by the Madras High Court against their acquittal/discharge from various criminal cases, over the next judge who will hold the portfolio of MP/MLA cases.
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh held the portfolio in August this year, when he took up the suo motu revision against the acquittal of Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy and the discharge of Revenue Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran and Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu from disproportionate assets cases.
The judge also took up suo motu revisions against the discharge of former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and former Social Welfare Minister B. Valarmathi too, from similar cases apart from taking up another revision against the discharge of Revenue Minister I. Periyasamy from a case related to irregular allotment of a housing board plot.
