India's Madras High Court has suspended proceedings in a disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister Anitha R. Radhakrishnan of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party and his family members. The stay was granted by a two-judge bench following a petition by the Directorate of Enforcement, which is seeking to transfer the case from a sessions court in Thoothukudi (a port city in southern Tamil Nadu) to a court of equivalent standing in Madurai. The development is significant as it delays a corruption-related trial against a sitting state cabinet minister pending resolution of the transfer dispute.