Chennai, Oct 6 (PTI) The Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice to the Tamil Nadu government on a petition filed by Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan challenging the jurisdiction of the Special Court trying corruption cases in connection with the Rs 1.40 crore disproportionate wealth case registered against him.

Justice V Lakshminarayanan posted to October 23, further hearing of the petition filed by Duraimurugan.

Originally, the DVAC registered the disproportionate assets case against Duraimurugan, the general secretary of the DMK and his wife D Shanthakumari in 2011, when the AIADMK government was in power, for allegedly amassing wealth in his name and in the name of his wife to the tune of Rs 1.40 crore, disproportionate to his known sources of income when he was the PWD Minis

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