‘All are equal before the eye of law’ proved by madras HC judge by his suo

moto action.

Justice N Anand Venkatesh, who is on a self-avowed mission to review the

orders of the trial court discharging political leaders from graft cases. The
suo motu review is being made on an order of a special court for MP/MLAs.The
Madras High Court has decided to take up a suo motu revision of the order of a
court in Vellore which acquitted Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister and senior
DMK leader K Ponmudy and his wife in a disproportionate assets case registered
by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC).Discharging
Periyasamy from a graft case involving illegal allotment of housing site to a
personal security officer of late leader M Karunanidhi while Valarmathi came
under the scanner for her discharge in a disproportionate assets case.All the cases
were listed before the high court for revision .the justice warned that if this
trends goes unchecked the special courts meant for MP/MLA trials would
become a “playground for all sort of condemnable practices which are
handcrafted and orchestrated to subvert and derail the criminal justice
system’’.There is systemic problems and failure. The problem has reached a
stage where any case can be closed,” he said adding only, "God can save the
institution".