Chennai, Oct. 13 -- The Madras High Court on Tuesday quashed a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against senior DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Minister K.Ponmudy, his son and former Lok Sabha MP Gautham Sigamani and others in connection with the red sand quarrying scam, which was pending before a Special Court in Chennai.
The First Bench comprising Chief Justice S A Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan observed that the case under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) registred by the ED based on the predicate offence, had ended in the acquittal of Ponmudy and others. The Bench, citing the Supreme Court judgment in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary vs union of India, the bench noted that ED against Ponmu...