India, April 28 -- The Madras high court on Monday set aside the trial court's decision to discharge Tamil Nadu rural development minister I Periyasamy, his wife and two children in a 2012 disproportionate assets case.

A bench of justice P Velmurugan also ordered a Dindigul special court to conduct the trial on a day-to-day basis against the minister and his family and complete the trial in six months.

Apart from Periyasamy, the minister for rural development, panchayats and panchayat union, his wife Suseela and two sons P Prabhu and P Senthilkumar are also the accused in the case.

According to the state's anti-graft agency, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), the minister and his family amassed disproportionate as...