Madras High Court stays FIRs registered against Panneerselvam, his son
The Hindu
They had been accused of furnishing false information regarding their income in election affidavits
The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed the operation of First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, now an MLA representing Bodinayakanur, and his son P. Ravindranath, MP from Theni, for allegedly furnishing false information regarding their assets and income in the election affidavits filed in 2021 and 2019 respectively.
Justice M. Nirmal Kumar ordered that the interim stay shall be in operation until the disposal of petitions filed by the father-son duo to quash the two FIRs. Though the judge was inclined to take up the quash petitions for final hearing and dispose them of, the counsel for the complainant, P. Milany of the DMK, urged the court to grant him time to produce certain Supreme Court judgments.