The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday dismissed petitions
against Tamil Nadu director general of police T K Rajendran (IPS:1984:TN) and the chief
secretary Girija Vaidyanathan (IAS:1981:TN) in connection with the infamous Gutkha scam. Both retiring in the month of June and July this year respectively. After examining all the relevant documents and submissions, a division
bench of Justice K K Sasidharan and Justice P D Audikesavalu held that the
perjury allegations against the chief secretary did not hold water. On the petition against the DGP, the division bench observed that the
petitioner had been repeatedly filing petitions targeting a single police
officer and held that he was a mere name lender who had lent his shoulders for
others to train their guns, directed at the police officer. "The
petitioner had given it a name of "public interest litigation" to
make it appear as if everything is in a larger public interest," the court
held and dismissed the petition K Kathiresan, a trade union member, first moved the court in December
seeking interim directions to restrain T K Rajendran from continuing as
Director General of Police (DGP) and direct the CBI to constitute a special
investigation team to conduct inquiries into the involvement of high-level
bureaucrats in the gutkha scam. Subsequently, the same petitioner also filed another petition that
accused the chief secretary of perjury. When Kathiresan's different petitions came before the court for hearing,
the counsel for the state submitted that they had submitted all available information
with them and that there was no prima facie evidence with regard to the claims
made in the petition and they were mere allegations.
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By IndianMandarins - 2019-03-19 13:50:37
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday dismissed petitions
against Tamil Nadu director general of police T K Rajendran (IPS:1984:TN) and the chief
secretary Girija Vaidyanathan (IAS:1981:TN) in connection with the infamous Gutkha scam. Both retiring in the month of June and July this year respectively.
After examining all the relevant documents and submissions, a division bench of Justice K K Sasidharan and Justice P D Audikesavalu held that the perjury allegations against the chief secretary did not hold water.
On the petition against the DGP, the division bench observed that the petitioner had been repeatedly filing petitions targeting a single police officer and held that he was a mere name lender who had lent his shoulders for others to train their guns, directed at the police officer. "The petitioner had given it a name of "public interest litigation" to make it appear as if everything is in a larger public interest," the court held and dismissed the petition
K Kathiresan, a trade union member, first moved the court in December seeking interim directions to restrain T K Rajendran from continuing as Director General of Police (DGP) and direct the CBI to constitute a special investigation team to conduct inquiries into the involvement of high-level bureaucrats in the gutkha scam.
Subsequently, the same petitioner also filed another petition that accused the chief secretary of perjury.
When Kathiresan's different petitions came before the court for hearing, the counsel for the state submitted that they had submitted all available information with them and that there was no prima facie evidence with regard to the claims made in the petition and they were mere allegations.
