Justices S.M. Subramaniam and M. Jothiraman recorded the presence of the secretary and dispensed with her appearance in future hearings. They also accepted the apology tendered by Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran for the non-appearance of law officers, and asked him and the secretary to ensure that the counsel represent the government in an effective manner.The AAG told the court that the State government, as well as the

[29/11, 18:55] sekarreporter1: ADVERTISEMENTTAMIL NADU2 Mins ReadT.N. Public Department Secretary appears before Madras High CourtPublished / Updated- November 29, 2024 14:37 IST THE HINDU BUREAUA view of the Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Listen to articleShe had been summoned because no law officer turned up to represent the State government in a batch of cases filed against the EDTamil Nadu Public Department Secretary Reeta Harish Thakkar appeared before the Madras High Court on Friday (November 29, 2024) after she was summoned by the court on Thursday (November 28, 2024) when no law officer turned up to represent the State government in a batch of writ petitions filed against the summons issued by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in 2023 to five Collectors in a money laundering probe related to illegal river sand mining.A Division Bench of Justices S.M. Subramaniam and M. Jothiraman recorded the presence of the secretary and dispensed with her appearance in future hearings. They also accepted the apology tendered by Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran for the non-appearance of law officers, and asked him and the secretary to ensure that the counsel represent the government in an effective manner.The AAG told the court that the State government, as well as the Collectors of Ariyalur, Karur, Vellore, Thanjavur, and Tiruchi districts, had jointly filed five writ petitions challenging the summons issued by the ED, but subsequently, all five Collectors had appeared before the ED officials and participated in the money laundering inquiry in April this year on the basis of the directions issued by the Supreme Court.Apart from these five writ petitions, the government had filed five other writ petitions seeking a declaration that the power of the ED to conduct investigation without the express consent of the State government concerned was in violation of the basic structure of federalism and that the ED could conduct any probe only at the request of the State government or on the basis of orders passed by constitutional courts.Mr. Ravindran sought time for the Public Department to hold consultations with Advocate General P.S. Raman on the need or otherwise to proceed with the writ petitions seeking declaratory relief and get back to the court. Accepting his request, the Division Bench adjourned the hearing on the entire batch of 10 writ petitions by a week in order to enable the government to obtain necessary legal advice.ADVERTISEMENTRelated TopicsRecommendedHeadlinesNEWS18h agoM. RAJEEVNEWS8h agoMOHAMED IMRANULLAH S.NEWS9h agoPTINEWS12h agoMARRI RAMUNEWS16h agoTHE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 28,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 28,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 28,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 28,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024MOHAMED IMRANULLAH S.NEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024S. VIJAY KUMARNEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024G.V. SUBBA RAONEWSNov 26,2024AMIT BHELARINEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024PTINEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPALNEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024PTINEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024B.TILAK CHANDARNEWSNov 24,2024THE HINDU BUREAUExplore more from
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[29/11, 18:59] sekarreporter1: ADVERTISEMENTTAMIL NADU2 Mins ReadMadras High Court directs Minister Anitha R. Radhakrishnan to face trial in the AIADMK workers assault casePublished / Updated- November 29, 2024 18:36 ISTMOHAMED IMRANULLAH S.The  court directed the Thoothukudi Judicial Magistrate No. I to issue summons to Minister For Fisheries Anitha R. Radhakrishnan, frame charges against him after his appearance, and then proceed with the trial. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH Listen to articleJustice P. Velmurugan dismisses a criminal revision petition filed by the Minister in 2023 and upholds a 2022 order of a judicial magistrate who included him as an accused in the caseThe Madras High Court on Friday refused to interfere with the inclusion of Fisheries Minister Anitha R. Radhakrishnan as an accused in a case booked for the assault of AIADMK workers at Peyanvilai village during the campaign for the 2009 Tiruchendur byelection necessitated by his defection from the AIADMK to the DMK.Justice P. Velmurugan dismissed a criminal revision petition filed by the Minister in 2023 against the Tiruchendur Judicial Magistrate’s September 9, 2022 order through which he was added as an accused in the case. The judge took note that the case had been transferred from Tiruchendur to Thoothukudi. Therefore, he directed the Thoothukudi Judicial Magistrate No. I to issue summons to the Minister, frame charges against him after his appearance, and then proceed with the trial. It was made clear that the petitioner would be at liberty to present all materials in his defence during the trial.According to the victims of the assault, they were sitting in a temporary election office set up by their party at Peyanvilai on December 6, 2009, when Mr. Radhakrishnan too was campaigning in the same village seeking votes for the DMK’s ‘rising sun’ symbol.The victims said the Minister intentionally stopped by the AIADMK’s election office and sought votes for the DMK. When one of the AIADMK workers asked Mr. Radhakrishnan to vote for the ‘two leaves’ symbol instead, he got irritated and instigated his men to attack, they said.ADVERTISEMENTOne of the victims said he was attacked on the forehead with a cricket stump. The others, too, suffered bleeding injuries leading to their hospitalisation. Therefore, the Arumuganeri police in Thoothukudi district registered a First Information Report against Mr. Radhakrishnan and 15 others.However, while filing the charge sheet, the police dropped the name of the Minister. Hence, the magistrate included him as an accused by invoking Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure which empowers courts to proceed against individuals if there is credible evidence to suspect their involvement in a crime.Though Mr. Radhakrishnan contended before the High Court that the magistrate had failed to put him on notice and afford him an opportunity of hearing before passing the orders under Section 319, Justice Velmurugan rejected the contention and held that there was no necessity to issue any such notice. “The power to proceed against persons appearing to be guilty of an offence is derived from the evidence and the proceedings during the trial or inquiry. Therefore, there is no procedural requirement for the court to issue a notice or summon the individual before making a decision under this Section,” the judge wrote.ADVERTISEMENTRecommendedHeadlinesNEWS7h agoM. RAJEEVNEWS9h agoPTINEWS9h agoTHE HINDU BUREAUNEWS11h agoTHE HINDU BUREAUNEWS12h agoTHE HINDU BUREAUNEWS12h agoMARRI RAMUNEWS15h agoV. RAGHAVENDRANEWS16h agoTHE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 28,2024B.TILAK CHANDARNEWSNov 28,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 28,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024MOHAMED IMRANULLAH S.NEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024OPINIONNov 27,2024T. RAMAKRISHNANNEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 27,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024PTINEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 26,2024T. RAMAKRISHNANNEWSNov 26,2024SANDEEP VELLARAMNEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024THE HINDU BUREAUNEWSNov 25,2024B.TILAK CHANDARExplore more from
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