The Madras High Court declined to alter the police-allotted dates for Vinayagar idol-immersion processions after the VHP sought a Sunday slot already given to the Hindu Munnani. Justice V Lakshminarayanan called it a ‘game of one-upmanship’ between two groups of the same ideological grouping, questioned whether procession scheduling warranted interference under Article 226, and deferred to the police on law-and-order arrangements. The VHP was told to apply earlier next year or coordinate with the other organisation.
The Madras High Court refused to ban the Tamil film Karuppu, observing that portraying judicial corruption and criticising the judiciary cannot automatically amount to contempt, while emphasising that judges are not beyond scrutiny and freedom of artistic expression must be protected in a democratic society.
