<p>While Madras High Court Judge R Reghupathi has refused to name the minister who allegedly threatened and pressurised him, Tamil Nadu’s Leader of Opposition J Jayalalitha on Thursday said Minister for IT and Communication A Raja was the culprit.<br /><br />“Though the honourable judge refrained from naming the union minister, it does not require any super-human intelligence to conclude that it was none other than the telecom scam-tainted A Raja,” the AIADMK general secretary said in a staement.<br />She noted that this was the first time in India that a sitting high court judge had accused a union minister of threatening him. <br /><br />“If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh continues to turn a Nelson’s eye to the undesirable and illegal activities of his cabinet colleague from the DMK party, he would be doing the nation and democracy a tremendous disservice,” Jayalalitha said.<br /><br />On June 30, Justice Reghupathi stunned the court while hearing an anticipatory bail petition of S. Kiruba Shridhar, a student in a private medical college of Puducherry, and his father C Krishnamurthy, stating that a union minister had asked him to give bail to the two accused.<br /><br />Judge R Reghupathi had threatened to complain to the Central Government and the prime minister about the union minister’s interference but he has so far not named the minister.<br /><br />Shridhar, who was failing in his exams for the past two years, joined hands with his father and allegedly changed his answer-sheet to get extra marks in the subject. <br />Later, the CBI found the father-son duo to be involved in forging marksheets.<br />The judge referred the case to Chief Justice H L Gokhale, requesting him to post the matter before another bench. <br /><br />According to Jayalalitha, the accused hail from Perambalur, the native district of Raja. <br /></p>
<p>While Madras High Court Judge R Reghupathi has refused to name the minister who allegedly threatened and pressurised him, Tamil Nadu’s Leader of Opposition J Jayalalitha on Thursday said Minister for IT and Communication A Raja was the culprit.<br /><br />“Though the honourable judge refrained from naming the union minister, it does not require any super-human intelligence to conclude that it was none other than the telecom scam-tainted A Raja,” the AIADMK general secretary said in a staement.<br />She noted that this was the first time in India that a sitting high court judge had accused a union minister of threatening him. <br /><br />“If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh continues to turn a Nelson’s eye to the undesirable and illegal activities of his cabinet colleague from the DMK party, he would be doing the nation and democracy a tremendous disservice,” Jayalalitha said.<br /><br />On June 30, Justice Reghupathi stunned the court while hearing an anticipatory bail petition of S. Kiruba Shridhar, a student in a private medical college of Puducherry, and his father C Krishnamurthy, stating that a union minister had asked him to give bail to the two accused.<br /><br />Judge R Reghupathi had threatened to complain to the Central Government and the prime minister about the union minister’s interference but he has so far not named the minister.<br /><br />Shridhar, who was failing in his exams for the past two years, joined hands with his father and allegedly changed his answer-sheet to get extra marks in the subject. <br />Later, the CBI found the father-son duo to be involved in forging marksheets.<br />The judge referred the case to Chief Justice H L Gokhale, requesting him to post the matter before another bench. <br /><br />According to Jayalalitha, the accused hail from Perambalur, the native district of Raja. <br /></p>