The Madras High Court has sentenced Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi and his wife, Visalatchi to three years of simple imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case.
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has demanded Chief Minister MK Stalin drop K Ponmudi from his cabinet after the Higher Education Minister's acquittal in a corruption case was set aside by the Madras High Court, sources told NDTV.
CJI DY Chandrachud made an appreciative note of the manner in which Justice N Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court had intervened to recall the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Minister, K Ponmudi in a corruption case.