Justice Anand Venkatesh of Madras High Court to go to Madurai, Justice Jayachandran allotted MP/MLA portfolio
The Hindu
Madras HC Justice N. Anand Venkatesh, who heard suo motu revision petitions against 6 sitting & former TN Ministers, will not continue due to new roster. Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala allocated Justice G. Jayachandran to hear cases against MPs/MLAs for 3 months. Justice Venkatesh, among 11 judges chosen for Madurai Bench, will not hear petitions from Oct 3-Dec 22. He had taken up 6 revisions against discharge/acquittal of legislators. When one Minister sought recusal, Justice Venkatesh refused but adjourned hearing to Oct 9.
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court will not continue to hear the suo motu revision petitions taken up by the court against the discharge/acquittal of six sitting as well as former Ministers of Tamil Nadu, from disproportionate assets as well as other criminal cases, since he is slated to sit in the Madurai Bench of the High Court during the next roster.
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According to the new roster decided by Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala, Justice G. Jayachandran had been given the portfolio of hearing cases agaisnt Members of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the next three months and hence the suo motu revision petitions would also get listed in October and November before the new roster judge.
Justice Venkatesh is among the 11 judges chosen from the principal seat of the High Court in Chennai to hold sitting in the Madurai Bench from October 3, 2023 to December 22, 2023. Therefore, he would not be able to continue the hearing of the six suo motu revision petitions taken up since August 10.
It is a regular feature for the Madras High Court to keep changing the allocation of portfolio to its judges once in three months and the Chief Justice, being the master of the roster, takes a call on such allocation.
Holding the portfolio of MP/MLA cases since July this year, Justice Venkatesh had taken up as many as six suo motu revisions against the discharge/acquittal of legislators by the trial courts.
Those who were subjected to the suo motu revision so far included Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy, Revenue Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu, former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, Rural Development Minister I. Periyasamy and former Social Welfare Minister B. Valarmathi.
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