Madras HC judge: ADMK starts campaign

Even as Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has clarified that no Union Minister from Tamil Nadu called up a Madras High Court judge....

Even as Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has clarified that no Union Minister from Tamil Nadu called up a Madras High Court judge to influence him in a case,the AIADMK isnt willing to let the issue die down easily.

The party has initiated moves to petition the Prime Minister,urging him to make a statement in Parliament to clear the air on the issue,and also ascertain whether the minister in question was known to the accused and their lawyer.

A letter to enlist the signatures of MPs from all opposition parties in this regard is in circulation. It is learnt that the AIADMK has managed to get the signatures of several MPs,including Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley,Lefts Brinda Karat and D Raja,JD(U)s N K Singh,Samajwadi Partys Ram Gopal Yadav and PMKs Anbumani Ramadoss.

The controversy had erupted following a disclosure by Madras High Court judge R Reghupathy in an open court that a Union Minister had tried to influence him to grant anticipatory bail to Dr Krishnamurthy and his son Kiruba Sridhar,accused in the Pondicherry University fake marksheet case.