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Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
DMK moves SC against Madras HC order on naming of welfare schemes
Chennai: While state govt has already petitioned Madras high court to modify its order restraining govt from launching any welfare scheme in the name of a living political personality, DMK approached Supreme Court challenging the interim order. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal on Wednesday, the party told high court on Monday. Recording the submissions, the first bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan observed, "once our order is challenged, we will not pass any further orders. Judicial discipline requires that we do not pass any orders in the matter." The court then decided to defer the hearing of the modification petition for two days and adjourned it to Thursday. You Can Also Check: Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai The issue pertains to a plea moved by former AIADMK law minister C Ve Shanmugam, who alleged that the scheme 'Nalam Kaakkum Stalin' named after chief minister M K Stalin was in violation of the guidelines set by Supreme Court and ECI. On July 31, the bench passed an interim order making it clear that all welfare schemes launched by state should be in conformity with the guidelines fixed by Supreme Court and pictures of living political leaders should not be used in such schemes. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Is this legal? Access all TV channels without a subscription! Techno Mag Learn More Undo Aggrieved, state govt submitted that the scheme was introduced in the name of the chief minister of the state, who is a constitutional authority, and it cannot be construed to have been introduced in the name of a political personality. The usage of photos of former chief ministers is also not expressly prohibited under the orders passed by Supreme Court, it added. While the bench was slated to hear the modification petition on Aug 4, state launched the scheme 'Nalam Kaakkum Stalin' on Aug 2.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
HC bins PIL on appointment of next DGP
1 2 Chennai/Madurai: Madras high court on Monday dismissed a public interest writ petition by a former superintendent of police seeking direction to the Tamil Nadu govt to select the next director-general of police in strict compliance with the guidelines set by the Supreme Court. The first bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan observed that it cannot interfere in the administrative functions of the state while the incumbent DGP is set to retire only on Aug 31. According to petitioner Damodaran, the Supreme Court issued detailed guidelines regarding the appointment of a DGP to a state. According to these guidelines, a list of officers with at least 30 years of service must be sent to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) at least six months before the incumbent DGP's retirement. You Can Also Check: Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai The UPSC is required to evaluate the list and recommend three eligible candidates to the state govt, which must appoint one among them as the DGP, he said. Although there are at least eight eligible officers in the state, the Tamil Nadu govt had not initiated any such process so far. With the assembly elections scheduled for next year, the DGP appointment holds significant administrative importance, he added. Noting that the petition is premature, the bench observed that a fresh petition can be filed if the eventual appointment of a new DGP violates Supreme Court guidelines. In a related development, Madurai bench of the Madras high court issued notice to authorities, on a similar PIL seeking a direction to the govt in the matter of appointment of new DGP of Tamil Nadu.
The Hindu
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Ungaludan Stalin and Nalam Kaakkum Stalin: Madras High Court to wait for Supreme Court orders on naming schemes after living personalities
The Madras High Court on Monday (August 4, 2025) decided to wait for the orders to be passed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 6) on an appeal preferred by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) against the High Court's July 31 interim order prohibiting the use of the name of any living personality in the nomenclature of government schemes. Appearing before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan, senior counsel Vijay Narayan, representing All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Member of Parliament Shanmugam, said, the DMK had filed an appeal and made a mention before the top court on Monday. The Supreme Court had agreed to take up the appeal for hearing on Wednesday, the Bench was told. Immediately, the Chief Justice decided to adjourn a modification/clarification petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government before the High Court to Thursday (August 7), since it was the same interim order that had been taken on appeal to the top court. Senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Advocate General P.S. Raman tried to persuade the Chief Justice's bench that the clarification/modification petition filed by the State government could be heard by the High Court dehors the appeal filed by the DMK before the Supreme Court. However, the Chief Justice felt it would be better to await the top court's decision. The Bench had passed the interim orders on July 31, following a public interest litigation petition filed by Mr. Shanmugam questioning the use of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's name in the public outreach programme titled 'Ungaludan Stalin.' After the release of the order on August 1, the Tamil Nadu government sought a clarification that it would not apply to 'Ungaludan Stalin' and 'Nalam Kaakkum Stalin' schemes. Since the Chief Justice's bench agreed to hear the modification/clarification petition on August 4, the government went ahead and launched the 'Nalam Kaakkum Stalin' scheme on August 2. This prompted Mr. Shanmugam to file a contempt of court petition too, through his counsel K. Gowtham Kumar, against Public Department Secretary Rita Harish Thakkar and Health Secretary P. Senthil Kumar on Monday. In the meantime, the DMK preferred an appeal against the High Court's interim order and also obtained permission from the top court to get it heard on August 6.
The Hindu
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Madras High Court dismisses plea to initiate process of appointment of T.N. DGP
The Madras High Court on Monday (August 4, 2025) dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by a retired Superintendent of Police seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and Home Secretary to initiate the process of appointment of Director General of Police/Head of Police Force (DGP/HoPF). First Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan refused to entertain the PIL plea on the ground that the tenure of the incumbent DGP/HoPF Shankar Jiwal had not come to an end so far and therefore, it was premature on the part of the petitioner to approach the court. In his affidavit, the petitioner N. Dhamodharan, 74, submitted he had retired from service as the Superintendent of Police in Special Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (SB-CID), after serving in the Police department for 35 years and hence, he was highly interested in the efficient functioning of the department. He said, the Supreme Court had laid down broad guidelines for the appointment of DGP/HoPF of every State and Union Territory (UT) in the country in the well-known 2006 Prakash Singh's case. The guidelines were issued to avoid complaints of short tenure and frequent transfer of the officers heading the police force. Pursuant to Supreme Court orders, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) issued elaborate proceedings related to the composition of the empanelment committee and insisted that the State government's proposal be sent at least three months before the retirement of the incumbent DGP/HoPF. Stating Mr. Jiwal was due to retire from service on August 31, 2025, the PIL petitioner claimed that the State government had not forwarded the proposal along with a list of eligible officers to the UPSC so far despite a specific representation made by him in this regard on June 6, 2025. The petitioner further alleged the State government was deliberately delaying the initiation of the process of appointment of DGP only to make an officer in the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) as DGP/HoPF (in-charge), especially when the Assembly elections were fast-approaching. According to him, eight officers in the rank of DGP were available in the State, and the names of all those officers should be sent to the UPSC's empanelment committee, which would select three of them on the basis of merit and then ask the State government to appoint one of them as DGP/HoPF.
Scroll.in
5 days ago
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Madras High Court bars use of former CMs' photos, party symbols in welfare schemes
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government not to use photographs of former chief ministers, ideological leaders and insignia of political parties in the advertisements for welfare schemes, reported Bar and Bench on Saturday. A bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan also barred the government from naming or rebranding schemes after living persons, according to The Indian Express. The court delivered the order on Thursday while hearing a public interest litigation by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP C Ve Shanmugam. Shanmugam had sought directions to stop the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government in Tamil Nadu from using Chief Minister MK Stalin's name in public outreach programmes, such as Ungaludan Stalin (With You, Stalin), and Mudhalvarin Mugavari (chief minister's Address). The AIADMK MP claimed this violated Supreme Court guidelines and the Government Advertisement (Content Regulation) Guidelines, 2014. These government-funded welfare programmes featured 'the name of the incumbent chief minister in the nomenclature of the scheme' and included 'pictorial representations/photographs of certain ideological leaders and former chief ministers' linked to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Shanmugam's counsel, Vijay Narayan, was quoted as telling the High Court by The Indian Express. On the other hand, the advocate appearing for the Tamil Nadu government told the court that the material presented before the court is 'not government publications at all'. 'We are inclined to pass an interim order to the effect that while launching and operating government welfare schemes through various advertisements, the name of any living personality, photograph of any former chief minister/ideological leaders or party insignia/emblem/flag of (DMK) shall not be included,' the court said in its order. The bench also held that including the names of political leaders in the name of a government scheme is not allowed, reported Bar and Bench. The matter will be heard next on August 13.
