Madras High Court seeks ED’s response to writ petitions filed by Tasmac against search operation

The Madras High Court on Thursday (March 20, 2025) granted time till Monday (March 24, 2025) to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to file its counter affidavit to two writ petitions filed by the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) to declare as illegal the search and seizure operations conducted between March 6 and 8, 2025.

A Division Bench of Justices M.S. Ramesh and N. Senthilkumar also orally asked Additional Solicitor General (ASG) A.R.L. Sundaresan, assisted by ED Special Public Prosecutor N. Ramesh, to ensure that no coercive action was taken against Tasmac officials before the court could hear the matter next week.

Advocate General P.S. Raman, representing the State government, and senior counsel Vikram Chaudhary, representing Tasmac, told the Bench that they would also submit CCTV footage to prove how every individual, from the Tasmac MD to the security guard, was harassed for 60 hours.