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    DMK moves Madras High Court seeking direction to the SIT probing the Veeramani POCSO case to summon the Chief Minister and two Ministers
    The DMK, through its Treasurer T.R. Baalu, has asked the Madras High Court to direct the SIT to summon the Chief Minister and two Ministers, who it says publicly claimed to hold evidence.
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    Madras High Court Orders SOP For Temple Elephants, Says Religious Use Cannot Exist In ‘Legal Vacuum’

    The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to constitute a Joint Working Group and place on record, within four weeks, a draft SOP governing the use of captive elephants in temple festivals, while dismissing impleadment pleas by People for Cattle in India and Suparna Ganguly that sought to halt the transfer of five elephants from Assam.

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    Preservation of a Centuries-Old Civilizational Festival Is Itself a Constitutional Value: Madras HC Slams Chappal Throwing at Madurai Procession
    Preservation of a Centuries-Old Civilizational Festival Is Itself a Constitutional Value: Madras HC Slams Chappal Throwing at Madurai Procession
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    Preservation of a Centuries-Old Civilizational Festival Is Itself a Constitutional Value: Madras HC Slams Chappal Throwing at Madurai Procession

    The Madras High Court ordered strict security arrangements during Madurai’s Lord Kallazhagar procession, condemning alleged chappal-throwing incidents against devotees as an affront to faith, customary religious practices, and the secular fraternity forming part of India’s constitutional ethos.

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