Chennai, Sept. 29 -- The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Principal District Judge of Vellore to file a report on how many days it would take to pass orders on a plea filed by DMK General Secretary and former Minister Duraimurugan's son and Party Lok Sabha MP Kathir Anand and his wife Sangeetha, seeking No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to renew their passports.

A disproportionate assets case is pending before the Vellore court against the former Minister Duraimurugan, his wife Santhakumari, son Kathir Anand, daughter-in-law Sangeetha and two others, alleging that they accumulated assets worth Rs 3.92 crore disproportionate to their known sources of income during the 1996-2001 DMK regime. The Supreme Court has stayed the trial in t...