The Madras High Court directed the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption to register an FIR into suspected fraud in Tamil Nadu’s public library book purchases.
Judge / Bench — Justices G. R. Swaminathan, authoring judge, and M. D. Sumathi.
In Ramasubbu’s contempt petition 3763/2026, the 10 November 2026 order found that earlier procurement safeguards had gone unenforced. It directed immediate account freezes, disciplinary action including suspension of implicated officials, removal of suspect books from public access, and an affidavit identifying those responsible.
Advocates appearing — Petitioner: K. P. S. Palanivel Rajan, Senior Counsel, for P. M. Vishnu Varthanan. Respondents: B. Saravanan, Additional Advocate General, assisted by M. Kannan, Special Government Pleader; John Sathyan, State Public Prosecutor.