Tamil Nadu Today | Senior IAS officer sentenced to imprisonment for contempt of court

Senior IAS officer Anshul Mishra. File | Photo Credit: K. Ananthan

1. Madras HC sentences senior IAS officer to one-month simple imprisonment

The Madras High Court, in May 2025 has found senior IAS officer and former Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) Member Secretary Anshul Mishra guilty of contempt of court and directed him to undergo simple imprisonment for a month.

Justice P. Velmurugan also directed Mr. Mishra to pay a compensation of ₹25,000 to elderly siblings who had been struggling for years to retrieve their valuable immovable property.

Later on June 12, 2025, a Division Bench of the Madras High Court suspended the sentence imposed by a single judge.

Months after, in September 2025, aDivision Bench of the Madras High Court set aside the order passed by a single judge who found Mr. Mishra guilty of contempt of court proceedings and directed him to undergo simple imprisonment for a month.

2. CM arrives in Delhi to take part in NITI Aayog meeting

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin left for New Delhi to take part in the 10^th Governing Council meeting of the NITI Aayog to be held tomorrow. The meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Mr. Stalin was seen off at the Chennai airport by Tamil Nadu Ministers and DMK functionaries. DMK Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs received the Mr. when he arrived in New Delhi.

Later in the day, the CM met Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi at their residence.

3. AIADMK MLA receives death threat; letter warns of bomb blast in Coimbatore

S.P. Velumani, AIADMK MLA from Thondamuthur constituency in Coimbatore and former Minister, received an anonymous letter threatening to kill his family members and warning of a bomb blast in Coimbatore before July 30.

The letter, which was undersigned with the note “Allahu Akbar Pakistan Zindabad”, stated that three of his family members would be killed if a sum of ₹1 crore is not placed at a specific location in Coimbatore on May 25.

This article which is originally a newsletter (published and sent on May 23, 2025) has been edited to add the report on the final order of the Madras High Court that set aside the one-month simple imprisonment imposed on IAS officer Anshul Mishra four months after the May 2025 sentencing, in September 2025.

Published - May 23, 2025 07:15 pm IST