Supreme Court sets aside Madras HC order allowing Dayanidhi Maran to summon telecom secretary

This matter involves seven criminal original petitions filed by Mr. Dayanidhi Maran and Mr. S. Kannan, who are accused in a CBI case, seeking to set aside orders by the Special Court that denied their requests to summon specific witnesses and produce documents. The High Court of Madras is reviewing these procedural applications under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023.

Petitioners: Mr. Dayanidhi Maran (Accused A.3) and Mr. S. Kannan (Accused A.6). Respondent: The State represented by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, ACB, CBI, Chennai. Bench: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira of the High Court of Judicature at Madras.

• The Court reserved the judgment on 23.02.2026 and pronounced it on 25.03.2026.
• The petitions seek to set aside orders dated 10.10.2025 passed by the Special Court No.II in C.C. No.10 of 2019.
• The petitions request the summoning of witnesses including the Secretary (Telecom), Shri Rakesh Kumar Somani, Shri T. Sathyamurthy, Shri A. Mahalingam, and Shri Mohan Lal Sindhi.
• The petitions request the production of BSNL correspondences and materials from Preliminary Enquiry No. PE-5[A]/2011/ACB/CBI/Chennai.

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