HC junks DMK mantri acquittal, orders retrial in 2012 graft case

Less than a year after DMK minister I Periyasamy was acquitted in a 12-year-old case involving allegedly illegal land allotment, the Madras High Court has set aside the special court's verdict. The court has ordered a recommencement of the trial and scheduled proceedings 'day to day' with the aim of concluding the case by July...