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Madras High Court rejects A Raja’s plea in CBI assets case
The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition by former Union minister and DMK MP A. Raja seeking direction to the CBI to produce certain documents in a disproportionate assets case…
The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition by former Union minister and DMK MP A. Raja seeking direction to the CBI to produce certain documents in a disproportionate assets case registered against him in 2015.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan rejected the plea after hearing arguments. Raja had approached the High Court after a special court for MP/MLA cases in Chennai dismissed a similar application on December 8, 2025. The CBI's chargesheet, filed in 2022, accuses Raja and five others of possessing Rs 5.53 crore in assets disproportionate to his known sources of income during his tenure as a Union minister between 1999 and 2010.
Raja had argued the CBI did not submit all investigation-related documents, including a representation he made in 2015 urging closure of the FIR, and correspondence between CBI branches. The special court had ruled the non-production of those documents was not significant for framing charges. The trial is now at the stage of framing of charges.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The CBI's disproportionate assets case against A. Raja is a separate proceeding from the 2G spectrum case in which he was acquitted by a special court in 2018. The chargesheet in this case was filed in 2022, a decade after the FIR was registered, and the trial has not yet commenced on framing of charges. Raja's legal strategy of seeking disclosure of internal CBI communications is a common defence tactic to test the completeness of the prosecution's evidence. The High Court's dismissal means the trial can now proceed to the charge-framing stage. The value of the alleged disproportionate assets, Rs 5.53 crore, is significant but not extraordinary for a former Union minister spanning an 11-year check period. The next milestone will be the special court's decision on framing charges, which will determine whether the case goes to full trial.
Source: thehindu.com
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