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Arrest of Senthil Balaji by ED: Madras High Court refers Habeas Corpus plea to a larger bench

ANI - 4 July, 2023

"As of now, the status quo continues because of the split verdict. One of the judges accepted our plea that ED has no power to seek Police custody...It has been held by one of the judges that it is a case of illegal arrest..," said senior advocate and DMK Rajya Sabha MP Elango.

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DMK minister V Senthil Balaji breaks down, cries after complaining of chest pain after he is arrested by ED in job-for-cash scam: Watch

ANI - 14 June, 2023

Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji broke down while being taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials for questioning in connection to an alleged money laundering case in the wee hours of Wednesday.

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Tamil Nadu: NCPCR confirms that the two-finger test was conducted to humiliate minors to defame priests of Lord Nataraja Temple

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2023

The two finger test was declared as unconstitutional in 2013 by India's Supreme Court. The test has no scientific basis and it instead re-victimizes and re-traumatizes women, the court had said.

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As filmmakers say movie shadow banned due to govt ‘alert’, Tamil Nadu govt claims in SC that theatres stopped screening ‘The Kerala Story’ voluntarily

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2023

Tamil Nadu government claimed before the Supreme Court of India that there is no ban on the screening of the movie 'The Kerala Story' in the State.

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The Kerala Story makers move SC against the ban in West Bengal, also challenge de facto ban by TN Govt

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2023

The Kerala Story makers Vipul Shah and Sudipto Sen moved to the Supreme Court against the decision of the West Bengal government to ban the film in the state

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RSS conducts its annual route march at 45 places across Tamil Nadu after SC rejected state govt’s appeal against it: Details

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2023

The MK Stalin government in Tamil Nadu had raised objections and prohibited the event from taking place in the state.

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RSS to conduct route marches at 45 places in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, police grants permission after SC rejected state govt’s appeal against it

OpIndia Staff - 14 April, 2023

Tami Nadu police permitted route march by RSS on 16 April after Supreme Court rejected state govt's decision to not allow the march

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Supreme Court dismisses DMK government’s appeal against the Madras HC judgement, permits RSS street marches in Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff - 11 April, 2023

Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, who was representing the RSS, stated that without a very good cause, the freedom to assemble peacefully without weapons under Article 19(1)(b) cannot be restricted.

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