Madras High Court quashes money laundering proceedings against former DMK Minister Ponmudy, son Gowtham Sigamani
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Madras High Court Quashes PMLA Case Against DMK Leader K Ponmudi After Acquittal In ₹28.37 Crore Red-Earth Quarry Case
The Madras High Court on Tuesday (13 October 2026) quashed the money laundering case registered against former Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which was pending before the Special Court in Chennai. The decision followed Ponmudi’s acquittal in the predicate offence on which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had […]
Madras High Court quashes money laundering proceedings against former DMK Minister Ponmudy, son Gowtham Sigamani
Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan quash the proceedings as the petitioner had been acquitted from the predicate red sand quarrying case
Ponmudi, who was the Minister of Mineral Resources and Higher Education during the DMK regime from 2006 to 2011, was accused of granting permission to operate a red sand quarry in Poonthurai, a village near Vanur in Villupuram district, in the name of his eldest son Gautama Sikamani and his relatives. In 2012, Kumarapalan, who was working as a Tahsildar in Vanur, had filed a complaint with the District Crime Branch office alleging that Ponmudi's…
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