Supreme Court stays conviction of ex-Tamil Nadu Minister K. Ponmudy in disproportionate assets case, allowing return as legislator.
The Supreme Court has stayed the conviction and three-year prison sentence of former Tamil Nadu Minister K. Ponmudy in a disproportionate assets case, and suspended his wife's sentence as well. The order allows Ponmudy's return as a legislator. The case relates to charges of the couple amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income during Ponmudy's tenure as Higher Education and Mines Minister from 2006-2011.
March 11, 2024
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