The Madras High Court on Friday (March 27, 2026) sought the response of Murasoli Trust, associated with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), to a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged occupation of 12 grounds of Panchami land (meant for Scheduled Castes) in Chennai and also regarding its other activities.
The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan permitted senior counsel P. Wilson to take notice on behalf of the trust and file a detailed response, within two weeks, to the PIL petition preferred by Tiruvenelveli-based advocate Kutty alias K. Venkatachalapathy, 48, through his counsel on record V.R. Shanmuganathan.
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During the course of arguments on Friday, Mr. Wilson accused the PIL petitioner of not having disclosed that he was a district secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also told the court that it was a politically motivated litigation with its genesis having begun when Union Minister L. Murugan of the BJP served as the vice-chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) in 2020.
