PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry Principal District and Sessions Judge C S Murugan adjourned the further hearing of defence arguments in the Sankararaman murder case to April 25.Justice Murgan did not proceed with the hearing on a petition by Padma as she had filed a petition with Madras High Court pleading that further proceedings should not continue till her petition seeking a re-examination of her and her children was disposed of in Puducherry court.The Madras High Court may take up the petition on Tuesday as the petition number could not be reached at the end of day’s proceedingsof the court on Monday.SPP N Devadoss had already informed the court that he had to be present in the Madras HC on Monday. Padma’s son Ananda Sharma had reached the Puducherry court late. Only eight of the 24 accused were present on Monday. The Kanchi Acharyas Jayendra and Vijayendra were exempted by the court from personal appearance. It may be recalled that Justice Murugan had asked Padma’s lawyer Manikandan, who argued on Padma’s petition on Wednesday last, that there was ambiguity about the prayer in the petition and there was no mention of re-examination in it. The judge had asked the High Court lawyer to consult Padma whether she wanted a re-examination, as told to the media, and report back to the court on April 23.Padma had told reporters on April 11 that she felt re-examination in the case was necessary as she and her family members had been “threatened” on the court premises here on August 6, 2009 by some persons while she was being taken to depose as a witness.Sankarararman, manager at the Varadaraja Perumal Temple in Kancheepuram, was allegedly murdered on the premises of the temple on September 3, 2004. Kanchi Acharyas Jayendra and Vijayendra were prime accused in the case.The trial was shifted to Puducherry court from Chengalpattu in Tamil Nadu by an October 2005 Supreme Court order.
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