MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday extended until May 25 the stay on the investigation conducted by Keezhavalavu police near here into an assault case registered against Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers M.K. Alagiri and many other Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam functionaries on the basis of a complaint lodged by Tahsildar M. Kalimuthu (since suspended) on April 1.
Justice B. Rajendran extended the interim stay, granted by another judge on May 4, after Government Advocate T.R. Janarthanan sought time to file a vacate stay petition. The stay was granted pursuant to a writ petition filed by Mr. Kalimuthu claiming that he had actually filed a false complaint against the Minister “under the orders of his superiors and forceful directions of the police personnel.”
The petitioner had sought for a direction to transfer the case to “some other neutral agency or officer outside Madurai district.” When the matter came up for hearing on Thursday, Mr. Justice Rajendran wondered how such a direction could be passed by invoking Article 226.
Justice B. Rajendran extended the interim stay, granted by another judge on May 4, after Government Advocate T.R. Janarthanan sought time to file a vacate stay petition. The stay was granted pursuant to a writ petition filed by Mr. Kalimuthu claiming that he had actually filed a false complaint against the Minister “under the orders of his superiors and forceful directions of the police personnel.”
The petitioner had sought for a direction to transfer the case to “some other neutral agency or officer outside Madurai district.” When the matter came up for hearing on Thursday, Mr. Justice Rajendran wondered how such a direction could be passed by invoking Article 226.
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