Madras High Court dismisses petitions for CBI investigation into fraudulent registration of Palani Math land
The Madras High Court has dismissed petitions seeking a CBI investigation into the fraudulent registration of land belonging to the Palani Math. The court noted that the state's CB-CID is already conducting a thorough investigation and has seized significant evidence.
Why it matters
The ruling reinforces the court's preference for allowing ongoing state-level investigations to conclude before considering federal intervention.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions for a CBI probe into the case of fraudulent registration of Palani Math land. A Division Bench of Justices C.V. Karthikeyan and R. Sakthivel took note of the CB-CID’s status report on the progress of the investigation.
The report said 16 special teams had conducted searches at as many locations across six districts. A total of 207 documents, 12 mobile phones, three laptops, and eight other electronic devices including one hard disk, one DVR and six CPUs, audio records, and cash were seized. Six mobile phones were obtained through production memos.
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