Plea against Sasikala dismissed

The Madras high court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking to direct the police to register an FIR against sidelined AIADMK leader VK Sasikala, for allegedly misusing the constitutional office of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa when she was hospitalised.

Following the warning given by Justice M S Ramesh that he would not hesitate to impose a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner if he failed to establish a fit case as such petitions are a drain on quality judicial

time of courts, the petitioner preferred to withdraw the plea resulting in it being dismissed as withdrawn. Saravanan in his petition had submitted during Jayalalithaa’s hospitalisation, it was only Sasikala who had total control over the state government, the office of the chief minister and the state police through illegal means. He said it is a cognizable offence and the police should have acted upon her under Section 154(4) of CrPC.