Madras HC dismisses ED’s plea to transfer disproportionate assets case against Anitha Radhakrishnan from Thoothukudi to Madurai
The Madras High Court dismissed an ED plea to transfer a disproportionate assets case against former DMK Minister Anitha R. Radhakrishnan to Madurai. The court ruled that a joint trial is not permissible as the Madurai court has not yet taken cognizance of the related money laundering complaint.
Why it matters
Clarifies legal procedures regarding the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and jurisdictional authority.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday (August 4, 2026) dismissed a plea by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to transfer a disproportionate assets case against former DMK Minister Anitha R. Radhakrishnan and his family members from a Principal District and Sessions Court in Thoothukudi to a court of equal rank in Madurai.
First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan held that the question of transferring the case for a joint trial would not arise at all when the principal sessions court in Madurai was yet to take cognisance of a connected money laundering complaint lodged by the ED.
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