Udhayanidhi Stalin’s assets: Madras High Court directs Director General of Income Tax to respond by April 20

The Madras High Court, on Wednesday (April 15, 2026), sought the response of the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) following the filing of a writ petition seeking an inquiry into alleged material discrepancies in the assets declared by Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin during the 2021 Legislative Assembly polls and for the elections scheduled to be held on April 23 this year.

First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan asked Additional Solicitor General AR.L. Sundaresan, assisted by Income Tax department senior standing counsel A.P. Srinivas, to ensure the DGIT’s response was filed by Monday (April 20, 2026) since the petitioner had insisted that voters must know about the true assets of every candidate before the day of polling.