# Madras High Court reserves order on TASMAC case, conflicting reports on stay 2026-08-14T14:51:32+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Madras High Court on Friday reserved its orders on a writ petition by T. Ramesh, a fitness centre owner from Karur and co-accused in the TASMAC tender irregularities case, seeking to quash the DVAC's FIR. Ramesh was arrested on July 30, the day after he got bail in the TVK MLAs bribery case. The DVAC has alleged irregularities causing losses of at least ₹100 crore to the public exchequer during 2021-25 when former minister V. Senthilbalaji held the excise portfolio. However, a separate report from LiveLaw states the court has granted an interim stay of investigation in favour of Ramesh pending disposal of his petition, while The Hindu reports that the bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan deferred its verdict after hearing arguments. The Supreme Court had earlier protected Senthilbalaji from arrest but allowed the DVAC to proceed with the probe. ## Coverage - thehindu.com - livelaw.in Tags: DVAC, Madras High Court, Prevention of Corruption Act, TASMAC, V. Senthilbalaji Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/madras-high-court-reserves-order-on-plea-to-quash-tasmac-fir/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/madras-high-court-reserves-order-on-plea-to-quash-tasmac-fir/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.