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No relief to Maran brothers as Madras HC rejects plea to quash charges in illegal telephone exchange case

In a big blow to the Maran brothers, the Madras High Court on Friday rejected the plea made by Kalanithi and Dayanidhi Maran.

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In a big blow to the Maran brothers, the Madras High Court on Friday rejected the plea made by Kalanithi and Dayanidhi Maran.

The brothers had appealed to the court to quash charges framed against them by a CBI court in the illegal telephone exchange case.

According to a report in Hindustan Times, the brothers had contended that the accusation was “lame” and wanted it to be quashed.

They further claimed that the CBI court's charges were based on the information officer's opinion and not materials available on record, the report added.

Last month, the High Court declined to grant any interim relief to former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his elder brother Kalanithi Maran in trial proceedings against them in a CBI court in the "illegal" telephone exchange case.

A CBI court here on August 30 had framed charges and ordered trial of Dayanidhi Maran and six others in the case of alleged setting up of "illegal" telephone exchanges to benefit the Sun TV of his brother Kalanithi Maran during the period between 2004 and 2006.

The charges date back to the time when Dayanidhi Maran, a grandnephew of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi, was Union minister for telecommunications and information technology in the UPA-1 government.

The CBI has alleged that he misused his official position and got private telephone exchanges installed at his various residences here, which were used for business transactions of the Sun Network.

 

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