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CHENNAI: Madras precocious court connected Wednesday prohibited the publication, merchantability and circulation of a Tamil publication containing derogatory remarks against a sitting HC judge, terming the references arsenic highly derogatory and abusive.
The HC besides initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against the work - Keezhaikaatru Publishers.The publication is slated to beryllium released astatine the Chennai Book Fair commencing connected January 8.The orders were passed connected a plea moved by advocator P Naveenprasad, who alleged that the book's contented was directed against Justice G R Swaminathan of the Madurai seat for his judgement successful the Karthigai Deepam case."On the look of it, the projected merchandise of the book, arsenic titled and shown successful the petition, is highly derogatory and abusive, crosses each limits, and needs to beryllium dealt with stern hands by the court," the archetypal seat of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan said.The tribunal directed Tamil Nadu Police to instrumentality contiguous and effectual enactment to guarantee that nary specified publication containing specified pictorial representation, statements, caricature oregon contents tending to scandalise the tribunal oregon the justice is allowed to beryllium published and circulated. The tribunal directed the authorities to taxable a study regarding compliance with the directions by Jan 28. Advocate wide P S Raman submitted that the tribunal could walk an bid prohibiting the book's release, and the authorities would instrumentality it.
Governing DMK had past period rallied absorption MPs and submitted an impeachment question to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against Justice Swaminathan aft helium initiated contempt proceedings against govt authorities for repeatedly defying his orders directing lighting of Karthigai Deepam astatine the 'Deepathoon' (stone pillar for lighting lamps) atop a Thirupparankundram elevation successful Madurai.
