Graft plaint: Madras high court to decide on accepting DVAC’s clean chit to former minister S P Velumani – Times of India

CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Monday observed that it might not accept the report of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) giving clean chit to former local administration minister S P Velumani if the court finds out that ‘day has been turned into night’.
“If there are only stark allegations that cry out for action to be taken we will interfere. If there are only small little things, then that does not interest the court. If the government has accepted, the court will not interfere but if day has been turned into night then the court will not accept the same,” the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said.
The court made the observation while responding to a submission of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi representing the former minister that once the state government has accepted the report of the DVAC nothing else remains.
“It is the government which has accepted the report, the court might not have accepted the report…” the bench said.
The issue pertains to a PIL moved by NGO Arappor Iyakkam to register an FIR and order a probe by a special investigating team (SIT) against Velumani for corruption in allotting tenders of Chennai and Coimbatore corporations.
Earlier representing the petitioner, advocate V Suresh submitted that the petitioner has filed a series of counter against the DVAC report. Since he wanted to make his submission in a physical hearing, the court adjourned the plea after four weeks.