The Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing on a plea challenging the Madras High Court's decision to quash the appointment of 17 personal assistants to judges. The High Court had ruled the recruitment process was arbitrary and lacked merit-based selection
Araudsters, Srinivas and Kotesh identifying themselves as personal assistants in Chief Minister's camp office, called their victim Guguloth Shanker over phone and swindled Rs 35 lakh cash