Bengaluru, April 16 -- The Madras high court on Wednesday issued notices to the Income Tax department and the union government over a petition alleging irregularities in the assets declared and financial disclosures made by Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin in his affidavit for the 2026 State Assembly elections.

A bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan directed the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) and the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs to file their replies to the plea by April 20 this year.

The Court issued the notices on a writ petition filed by R Kumaravel, a voter from the Chepauk-Triplicane Assembly constituency in Chennai.

Kumaravel's counsel, senior adv...