DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran sends legal notice to brother Kalanidhi over Sun TV shares

20-Jun-2025

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A serious dispute has erupted within the influential Sun Group family, with DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran sending a legal notice to his elder brother and media baron Kalanidhi Maran, alleging fraudulent practices related to share allotments, financial dealings, and regulatory filings.

According to the legal notice, Dayanidhi Maran has accused Kalanidhi Maran and seven others of criminal breach of trust and cheating. 

The notice alleges that Kalanidhi Maran unlawfully allotted 12 lakh shares of the Sun TV Network Ltd. without proper valuation, fair consideration, or the mandatory consent of existing shareholders on September 15, 2003. 

The notice terms the allotment illegal and a betrayal of shareholder rights.

Dayanidhi Maran has demanded that the shareholding of Sun TV Network Ltd. be restored to its original state as of 2003. He has also sought the return of all monetary benefits, dividends, assets and income which he claims were wrongfully received or appropriated since then.