On April 20, 2026, the Madras High Court dismissed a series of nine writ petitions filed by R. Girirajan, a member of the DMK party in the Rajya Sabha. The petitions sought to direct the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to initiate money laundering investigations against several leaders of the AIADMK party, including S.P. Velumani and C. Vijayabaskar, based on ongoing corruption cases. The court's First Division Bench, led by Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan, found the petitions inadmissible. ED Special Public Prosecutor N. Ramesh argued that Girirajan did not have the legal standing to file the petitions, as he was neither a complainant nor a witness in the relevant corruption cases being investigated by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC). This ruling highlights the importance of legal standing in filing petitions in court.