Chennai: Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has committed ‘fraud on the Constitution’ by calling for the destruction of Sanatan Dharma and hence he should be asked to explain under what authority he holds the post of Minister as well as MLA. Are made. Senior Advocate T.V. Ramanujam argued before the Madras High Court on 11 October. Let us tell you that in a press conference in Chennai on September 2, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s son had said that it is similar to dengue and malaria, and hence it should be eliminated.
According to the news of The Hindu, senior lawyer TV Ramanujam told the Madras High Court on Wednesday that Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has committed fraud on the Constitution by calling for the abolition of Sanatana Dharma. Actually, Justice Anita Sumant was hearing a petition filed by three officials of Hindutva group Hindu Munnani Organization on Wednesday. The court was urged to direct Udhayanidhi Stalin as well as minister PK Shekhar Babu and MP A Raja to explain under what authority they hold public office after their comments against Sanatan Dharma.
Lawyer Ramanujam told the judge that Udhayanidhi Stalin had violated Article 25 of the Constitution, which gives every citizen the right to freely ‘profess, practice and propagate religion’. The lawyer said that I am entitled to follow Sanatan Dharma, no one can call for abolishing it. He is a state minister. How can the state call for abolition? This is a gross violation of Article 25. He cannot cheat the Constitution and try to escape from it. He should not hold public office.
Appearing before Justice Anita Sumanth, the senior lawyer said he is presiding his case not only on the ground that the minister has violated his oath of office but also committed fraud on the Constitution by speaking against a particular community. Is. However, the lawyer representing the three MLAs argued that the case was politically motivated and filed for publicity. He questioned the propriety of the writ petitioners filing the videos of alleged speeches against Sanatan Dharma in their thumb drives. The lawyer argued that the High Court rules do not allow evidence to be presented in electronic devices.
It was also brought to the notice of the High Court that when such electronic devices are produced before the lower courts in criminal trials, they are required to be produced with a certificate issued by the competent authority under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act. Wilson said that the thumb drives submitted by the petitioners should be immediately rejected because the authenticity of their contents was questionable.
However, after hearing their preliminary arguments, the judge decided to start hearing senior counsel Mr Ramanujam, G Rajagopalan and G Karthikeyan, representing the three writ petitioners, before hearing the AG and other senior counsel representing the respondents. After this Mr. Ramanujam started his arguments.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : October 12, 2023, 10:12 pm IST
