Madras High Court says no prior sanction needed in disproportionate-assets case
Justice V. Lakshminarayanan of the Madras High Court has refused to discharge former DMK minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam and his family members from a disproportionate-assets case. The Hindu reports that the court ruled prior sanction was not required to prosecute public servants in such a matter.
The Madras High Court has ruled that prior sanction is not required to prosecute public servants for disproportionate assets, according to The Hindu. Justice V. Lakshminarayanan refused to discharge former DMK minister M.R.K.
Panneerselvam and his family members from an assets case. The available material identifies the issue before the court as whether a sanction was necessary before prosecution could proceed against public servants accused in a disproportionate-assets matter. The ruling, as described by The Hindu, means the discharge request by Panneerselvam and his family members was not accepted.
The supplied information does not set out the allegations against them or the value of the assets involved. It also does not provide the court’s detailed reasoning, the stage of the proceedings or any response from the former minister or his family. No further information about the case is included in the source material.
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