Madras HC Dismisses Vijay Thalapathy Probe Plea Over Affidavit Disclosures
Madras High Court dismissed the fresh probe plea over vijay thalapathy’s poll affidavit disclosures on Monday, closing this second attempt to trigger an official inquiry into his financial declarations. The petition had sought action by the Income Tax Department and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
The bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan said, “We have already taken a decision on a similar petition. So, this is rendered infructuous. We are not inclined to hear, we dismiss,” after hearing the voter’s request. That leaves the earlier case, and the disclosures it targeted, as the live record in this dispute.
Venkatesh Petition Fails
MP Venkatesh, a voter of the constituency, filed the fresh plea after an earlier petition on similar grounds had already moved the court. The second filing argued that Vijay’s 2026 affidavit showed substantial financial dealings, including high-value loans extended to family members and closely connected entities, and said the disclosures went beyond clerical mistakes.
The petition also challenged the declaration of zero liabilities and no outstanding dues while alleging that massive loans had been extended in several crores. It cited a Rs. 20 crore transfer to Kokilambal Education Trust and said the pattern pointed to suppression, misrepresentation and financial obfuscation in the affidavit.
Earlier Notice In June
V Vignesh had already filed a similar petition seeking a probe into discrepancies in the affidavits filed in Perambur and Tiruchy-East, including an alleged non-disclosure of Rs. 100 crore in one affidavit. In that case, the court ordered notice to the Directorate of Income Tax (Investigations) and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and posted the matter to June.
That earlier step matters because it means the fresh plea was not the first time the court had been asked to look at Vijay’s election papers. The new dismissal does not erase the allegations around the Rs 12.6 crore loan to his spouse, Sangeetha, or the claim that his filings concealed the scale of the transactions; it simply stops this second petition from opening a separate track.
Perambur, Tiruchy-East Filing
Vijay, the actor and president of TVK, is seeking the people’s mandate from the Perambur and Tiruchy-East segments in the current elections. The dispute centers on the financial disclosures made in his nomination affidavit, and the court’s Monday ruling leaves the earlier petition as the one to watch rather than the fresh voter challenge.
For anyone following the affidavit row, the practical result is straightforward: this new request is out, but the broader questions tied to the earlier petition remain tied to the notice already issued to tax and corporate authorities.
