The Madras High Court has dismissed a writ petition by an AIADMK Whip challenging the Tamil Nadu Assembly’s June resolution on the Mekedatu Dam, specifically the portion urging the Centre to constitute a fresh inter-State water tribunal, on the ground that it was incorporated without being separately moved and voted. The Court held that Article 212 of the Constitution bars courts from questioning the validity of legislative proceedings on the ground of an alleged procedural irregularity, and that no exception was made out.
The Madras High Court ruled that advocates have no vested or fundamental right to demand out-of-turn listing of pending cases. Dismissing a lawyer’s plea, the Court held that only genuinely urgent matters may receive priority through established judicial procedures and exceptional listing protocols.
