Disproportionate assets case against A. Raja: Madras High Court seeks CBI’s response

Madras High Court requests CBI's response to A. Raja's plea for documents in a disproportionate assets case.

The Madras High Court on Wednesday (April 1, 2026) sought the response of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to a petition filed by former Union Minister A. Raja, insisting upon the submission of certain documents in a disproportionate assets registered against him, his wife M.A. Parameshwari, and others in 2015.

Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira granted a week’s time to CBI special public prosecutor K. Srinivasan to file the counter affidavit to the petition filed by the former Union Minister, challenging the dismissal of his similar plea by the Special Court for MP/MLA cases in Chennai on December 8, 2025.

Initially, the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch in New Delhi had registered a case against Mr. Raja and others in October 2009 regarding the allocation of 2G spectrum, during his tenure as Union Telecommunication Minister, on a first-come-first-serve basis and at allegedly undervalued prices.

Subsequently, in 2015, the CBI’s ACB in Chennai had registered a separate First Information Report (FIR) against Mr. Raja, his wife, and friends under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 for the charge of amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income.

The FIR registered on August 8, 2015, had accused the former Minister, his wife, family members and friends of having amassed disproprotionate assets to the tune of ₹27.92 crore between October 13, 1999, and September 30, 2010, when he had served as a Union Minister with different portfolios.

However, after completing the investigation, the CBI filed a chargesheet before the special court only against Mr. Raja and five others in 2022. The chargesheet him of having been in possession of ₹5.53 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income during the check period.