The father of a Dalit priest, who committed suicide in Theni in 2012 holding Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam’s brother O. Raja responsible for his death, has decided to file an intervening application in the Madras High Court Bench here objecting to a plea made by the accused to order a lower court to dispose of his bail application on the day of his surrender.
When the direction petition filed by Mr. Raja came up for hearing before Justice M.M. Sundresh on Tuesday, advocate R. Alagumani, counsel for the priest S. Nagamuthu’s father N. Subburaj, said that his client wanted to file an intervening application and oppose the petitioner’s plea.
Hence, the judge adjourned the hearing to Thursday to enable counsel to file the application.
