Cash-for-query: HC issues notice to MPs

A bench comprising Chief Justice AP Shah and D Murugesan asked the state government to reply to the petition.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered notice to the state government in a petition seeking CBI enquiry against 11 MPs who allegedly received money for raising questions in Parliament.

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A bench comprising Chief Justice AP Shah and D Murugesan asked the state government to reply to the petition within two weeks.

The petition was filed on behalf of Anti-corruption Movement, a social organisation of the city, which has sought registration of criminal case against the MPs and intiation of legal proceedings.