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Advocate General P.S. Raman connected Wednesday (March 25, 2026) informed the Madras High Court of having fixed a ineligible sentiment that there’s nary request for the State authorities to assistance authorisation to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) for registering a First Information Report (FIR) successful transportation with an alleged currency for jobs scam successful Minister K.N. Nehru’s Municipal Administration and Water Supply department.
Appearing earlier the archetypal Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan, the A-G said, helium had opined that it would beryllium capable if the DVAC conscionable informs the State authorities and not question sanction, arsenic required nether Section 17 of Prevention of Corruption Act earlier commencing enquiry against nationalist servants, erstwhile the High Court had ordered registration of the FIR.
The A-G said, helium had besides opined that successful cases wherever law courts had ordered registration of FIR successful corruption cases, the authorities had nary different enactment but to conscionable grounds the fact. The submissions were made during the proceeding of a contempt of tribunal petition filed by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Rajya Sabha subordinate I.S. Inbadurai for non compliance of the tribunal order.
It was portion allowing a writ petition filed by the Member of Parliament (MP) that erstwhile Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Murugan had connected February 20, 2026 ordered registration of the FIR “forthwith” regarding the alleged scam. Since the absorption was not complied with, the Member of Parliament had filed the contiguous contempt of tribunal petition connected February 26, 2026 against the past DVAC chief.
During the people of proceeding of the contempt plea, the Bench led by Chief Justice Dharmadhikari expressed its displeasure implicit the DVAC not having registered the FIR till day contempt a circumstantial judicial direction. “As connected date, the bid is staring astatine you. You either comply with the bid oregon instrumentality it connected appeal. You cannot simply support it successful a limbo. Our bid is precise clear. You cannot frustrate the order,” Justice Murugan said.
However, the A-G replied that the State authorities had filed a reappraisal petition against that bid arsenic aboriginal arsenic connected February 26, 2026 but it was yet to get numbered. He said, the reappraisal had been filed connected 8 elaborately drafted grounds and that the petition was astir to get numbered connected Monday (March 23, 2026) but it could not beryllium done due to the fact that the lawsuit bundles had shifted from 1 conception to different successful the Registry.
He urged the tribunal to assistance him sometime for getting the reappraisal numbered and listed earlier the Divsion Bench. On his part, elder counsel N.R. Elango, representing the DVAC, said the bureau was acceptable with its antagonistic affidavit to the contempt plea and advocator Avinash Motwani, representing the MP, urged the tribunal to instrumentality up the contempt petition arsenic good arsenic the reappraisal petition for proceeding together.
After proceeding each of them, the judges adjourned the substance for further proceeding to April 20, 2026.
