Overview

• Justice P. Velmurugan cautioned on July 4 that failure to register a case against former minister K. Ponmudy will compel the court to order a CBI investigation.
• A final hearing on the suo motowrit petition filed at the instance of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh is scheduled for July 8.
• Police initially closed three complaints for lack of a cognisable offence before an additional 112 allegations were lodged and are now under review.
• Video clips of Ponmudy’s April 8 address at a Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam meeting went viral and prompted the High Court’s suo motu intervention.
• The DMK stripped Ponmudy of his deputy general secretary post and forced him to resign from the state cabinet amid mounting public and political backlash.