Madras High Court dismisses plea for CBI probe into the alleged bid to bribe TVK MLA
The Madras High Court dismissed a petition seeking a CBI probe into an alleged bribery attempt involving a TVK MLA, stating that courts should not transfer investigations based solely on media reports. The bench noted that the local police are already actively investigating the case.
Why it matters
The ruling reinforces the principle that judicial intervention in police investigations requires substantive evidence rather than reliance on viral media narratives.
The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea to transfer the case relating to an alleged attempt to bribe a TVK MLA from the Greater Chennai Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and refused to issue any consequential direction to the latter to probe other ‘horse trading’ complaints reportedly given by a few Opposition MLAs against the ruling TVK.
The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan wrote that a court of law would not transfer a statutory investigation from one agency to another solely on the basis of newspaper headlines or viral video/audio clips circulating on digital platforms regarding the alleged ‘horse trading’ complaints.
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