After having been resigned in the wake of getting transferred to Meghalaya high court, former Madras High court Chief Justice Tahilramani has been brought under the lens of surveillance by the Central investigative agencies with accord to the allegations of misconduct.

It has been reported that the former Chief Justice, after quitting from one of the top judicial posts, had purchased two flats in suburban Chennai which was now under the CBI probe as per the directive of Chief Justice of India, who had told the investigative agency to proceed further action as per the law and the sources have cited that although the CBI doesn't have a justification and a conformity on the grounds of irregularities on the purchase, it will look out the property and the purchase transactions.

Joining the CBI, the Intelligence Bureau will also tight the grid of investigations on the purchase of the flats in Semmencherry, Chennai. The reports indicate that Tahilramani had acquired one of the flats through a loan from HDFC bank while the other one has been purchased from her own funds and from six bank accounts that belong to Tahilramani and her family.

While investigating the probe on the purchase, the reports say that the investigative agencies will also examine her judgement to dissolve the high court special bench which has been hearing the cases of alleged idol thefts that has involved the names of highly influential people. The reports stated that the special bench headed by Justice Mahadevan was constituted in 2018 with accordance to hear and to overview the cases related to idol thefts has seen taking tough stands against the suspects but it was eventually dissolved by the then Chief Justice Tahilramani and reports have furnished that the bench was suspended after alleged pressure from the state minister who had attempted to barricade the investigations carried out the special investigative team chaired by retired IG Pon Manickavel.

Justice Tahilramani was appointed as the Chief Justice of Madras High court on August 2018 and she has been directed with transferral order to Meghalaya High court, a relatively smaller court compared to its Madras counterpart after which she had written to the Supreme court collegium to reconsider the recommendations of transfer which was eventually rejected by the collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India, following which she had tabled her resignation to the President and to the Chief Justice of India in the wake of protesting the decision flagged by the collegium.

Her resignation was accepted by the President earlier this month after which she was replaced with Justice Vineet Kothari, who assumed office as acting Chief Justice of Madras High court.