The director appealed against the judgement, but his plea was dismissed by the Madras Principal Sessions Court on April 12, 2023.

The case dates back to 2014, when Lingusamy and his brother Subash Chandra Bose, who own the production house Thirrupathi Brothers, borrowed Rs 1.03 crore from PVP Capital Limited.

"The tour will begin imminently. We will request justice and fairness district by district and when we meet people, we reveal numerous secrets that held for long,"

"Within minutes of these two great leaders giving their grace, the wonderful news has come. It is a boon given by powerful leaders,"

Earlier, the Election Commission ordered the temporary allocation of the double leaf symbol to Edappadi Palaniswami's team.

Victoria Gowri had served as the General Secretary of BJP's Mahila Morcha and had apparently displayed her support to the saffron party. 

During the hearing, Chidambaram contended that, "Even if this court cannot strike down demonetisation now that it has started hearing this case six years later, this court can pronounce on the decision making process and the decision."

The Congress party has staunchly been opposing the release of six convicts while the same ruling was welcomed by its allied parties including the Tamil Nadu ruling DMK. 

All these four people were convicted of being a part of the plot to assassin Rajiv Gandhi. Since they were Sri Lankans, they were moved to a special camp in Trichy from their prison.

Notably, Perarivalan, who got acquitted earlier this year, came to the prison to welcome his fellow convicts.