
Plea seeks cancellation of tender-cum-open auction
The Hindu
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the State in a public interest litigation petition that alleged that a tender-cum-open auction was held in Tirunelveli di
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the State in a public interest litigation petition that alleged that a tender-cum-open auction was held in Tirunelveli district in violation of the model code of conduct.
A Division Bench of Justices M. Duraiswamy and K. Murali Shankar sought response to the petition filed by T. Balaji Krishnaswamy of Tirunelveli, State secretary of the Advocate Wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The petitioner said elections to the rural local bodies were announced for nine districts in the State and the model code of conduct came into operation on September 13. It applied to the rural areas and the adjacent areas of the rural local bodies within a radius of five km.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.