RSS march in Tamil Nadu: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the RSS to hold rallies in Tamil Nadu, rejecting the request of the MK Stalin-led DMK government. The DMK government had cited law and order concerns in the court challenging the February order of the Madras High Court allowing the RSS to take out marches in Tamil Nadu. ,Know what the court said…

The court gave permission saying that no organization can be stopped from taking out a march just because its ideology is different. The court said that every organization or ideology in the state should be acceptable to each other. Upholding the High Court order, the apex court bench comprising Justice V Ramasubramanian and Justice Pankaj Mittal observed that the main objection raised by the state government before the High Court was that after the order banning any other organization, law and order Problems surfaced in some areas. In which it was said that due to this many cases were registered. The apex court said that in several cases registered in the state to control the law and order situation after the Popular Front of India (PFI) was banned, RSS members were the victims and not the culprits. The bench said that the High Court not only correctly interpreted the relevant provisions of the law, but also imposed necessary conditions while allowing marches in sensitive areas. , Let us tell that 39 In March, the Supreme Court had reserved its verdict on a petition by the state, in which the RSS had urged that its fundamental rights could not be curtailed and the state was saying that the rights were not absolute. RSS on October 2 3567 of independence In the th year, permission was sought from the Tamil Nadu Police regarding the birth centenary of Bharat Ratna Dr. BR Ambedkar and Vijayadashmi.

Madras High Court had given this order

Last year 22 On September, the single judge of the High Court directed the state authorities to was directed to allow the march with conditions. The order included that during the programme, no person shall sing or speak anything bad about any caste, religion etc. and that the processionists shall in no way promote any religious, linguistic, cultural and Will not hurt other kind of sentiments.

DMK government challenged the order

Challenging this order, the DMK government had filed a review application in the High Court, stating that the RSS wanted to take out a march on October 2 i.e. a Sunday. It was said that on Sunday, Christians would go to the churches in large numbers to pray. It was also argued that most of the routes chosen by the RSS were in Muslim-majority areas where mosques are located and hence there could be a possibility of communal clashes based on religion and caste. However, the High Court had dismissed the review petition of the state on 2 November last year. After this, RSS functionaries approached the High Court with a contempt petition complaining of non-compliance of the September order. He said that despite the order the authorities rejected his application.

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Wed, Apr 12, 2023, 3: 09 PM IST