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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 33153

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
A.D.Jagadish Chandira, J
M.J. Sankar – Appellant
Versus
Vidhya Jayanth Kulkarni Joint Director Head of Zone, Central Bureau of Investigation – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.M.J. Sankar - Party-in-person
For the Respondents: Mr. N. Baaskaran Special Public Prosecutor (CBI)

Table of Content
1. petitioner's background and sequence of events for reward claim. (Para 1 , 2)
2. parties' contentions on entitlement and locus standi. (Para 3 , 4)
3. framing issue and negative determination. (Para 5 , 6)
4. dismissal with caution against repetitive petitions. (Para 7 , 8)

ORDER

This writ petition (crl.) impugns the communication dated 12.05.2023 addressed by the second respondent to the petitioner, whereby and whereunder, it is stated that the petitioner’s claim for reward from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is not valid. Besides the said certiorari relief, the petitioner seeks a direction from this Court to the respondents to process his reward as per his representation dated 22.03.2023.

2. The petitioner’s case, in a nutshell, could be projected thus:

2.1. The petitioner, while claiming to be an activitist under the Right to Information Act and a whistleblower engaged in unearthing high profile smuggling cases, submits that his father is a renowned dealer in imported luxury cars.

2.2. In the year 2008, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)

initiated a large scale investigation against one Alex C. Joseph qua illegal import of luxury cars from count

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