Key Takeaways
- The Madras High Court issued summons to senior Tamil Nadu officials over RSS route permissions.
- The RSS highlighted non‑compliance with the October 16 order for marches in 35 locations.
- Officials face contempt charges unless they appear in court within four weeks.
Chennai: The Madras High Court has issued summons to Tamil Nadu Home Secretary
P. Amudha, State Director-General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal and some other police officials
for not complying with the court orders directing the police to grant permission for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) route marches at various places across the State.
The court ordered the issuance of notices directing officials to appear within four weeks. Five contempt of court petitions were filed for disobeying the order. Mr Justice G. Jayachandran mandated that all officials named in the contempt pleas must be present after the four‑week period.
Mr. Rajagopal, representing the RSS, brought it to the notice of the judge that the court had passed a common order on October 16, 2023, directing the police to grant permission for the route marches in 35 places on October 22 and 29, 2023.
However, in blatant disobedience of the judicial order, no such permission was granted, he submitted.
In his submission, Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) R. Muniyapparaj informed the court that appeals filed against the High Court order were expected to be listed for hearing before the Supreme Court on November 3 and sought some time to obtain further instructions from the officials.
However, the judge refused to accept the request and ordered issuance of notice to those named in the contempt pleas.
