Chennai, Mar 4 (UNI) A two-member Bench of the Madras
High Court today delivered a split verdict in the case
relating to amassment of wealth disproportionate to his
known sources of income by Tamil Nadu Milk Dairy and
Development Minister K T Rajenthra Balaji between 2011
and 2013.
While Justice M Sathyanararanan stayed clear of the
inquiry report filed by the Directorate of Vigilance and
Anti-Corruption (DVAC) giving a clean chit and insisted
on registering an FIR against the Minister for conducting
a full-fledged probe, Ms Justice R Hemalatha ordered
that there was no need to file an FIR after the State
government accepted the DVAC report and dropped
further proceedings.
In view of the split verdict, the matter would be
placed before Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee for
listing the case before a Third Judge for a fresh
hearing.
The split judgement was delivered on a writ petition
filed in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court
in 2013 seeking a DVAC probe against the Minister.
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