The DMK, through its Treasurer and MP T.R. Baalu, has moved the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Special Investigation Team probing the POCSO case against Gem Granites’ R. Veeramani to summon Chief Minister Vijay and Ministers Aadhav Arjuna and C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar to give evidence, saying they publicly claimed to hold material about the party’s involvement but have not given it to the SIT.
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Madras: The Madras High Court directed the Tamil magazine Junior Vikatan to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader TR Baalu. The Court found that the magazine had published defamatory and false news against him without verifying facts. The ruling was passed by Justice AA Nakkiran on February 4, 2025.
