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Cases against Udhayanidhi for remarks on Sanatan Dharma to go outside Tamil Nadu: SC

By Jhanak Sharma      16 August, 2024 05:30 PM      0 Comments
Cases against Udhayanidhi for remarks on Sanatan Dharma to go outside Tamil Nadu SC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally told Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin that  cases lodged against him for his controversial remarks on Sanatana Dharma should go outside his home state.

The top court, however, agreed to consider his plea to club the criminal cases registered against him across multiple states.

"You can't be in the state of Tamil Nadu, you will have to go out. Tell us which is the most convenient state,” a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar asked his counsel.

The court, however, ordered dispensing with the appearance of Stalin before the respective criminal courts.

A counsel, appearing for one of the respondents, submitted that all cases have to be consolidated and transferred to Uttar Pradesh or Delhi and that would be easier for complainants.

Also Read: Sanatana Dharma remarks SC seeks response from UP, Maha, Ktka, Bihar, J&K on Udhayanidhi's plea for clubbing FIRs

Senior advocate P Wilson, appearing for the petitioner, opposed it, saying that someone in Uttar Pradesh had announced a bounty of Rs 10 crore to behead him, and therefore it would not be appropriate to have the matter conducted at either Uttar Pradesh or Delhi.

Stalin, the Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports in Tamil Nadu, is a well-known film actor and son of Chief Minister and DMK chief M K Stalin.

At a conference in September 2023, he said Sanatana Dharma is against social justice and equality and should be "eradicated'. He also likened Sanatana Dharma to coronavirus, malaria and dengue and said it should be destroyed.

He filed a petition seeking the consolidation of three FIRs and five complaints filed in Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Karnataka and the transfer of the same to one of the criminal courts/ police stations.

In May this year, the court had allowed the amendment petition to include one more criminal case in the prayer.

Wilson submitted that three FIRs have been filed in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, and five criminal complaints have been filed in five different places/ States for the speech made by petitioner in September 2023.

He said that the right to free trial is a fundamental right, and for one speech, there cannot be different complaints and FIRs in other states. He said all the cases and FIRs should be consolidated and transferred to one criminal court and police station.

He also submitted that due to the pendency of the writ petitions before the Supreme Court without any stay, the criminal courts have taken advantage of this and started insisting upon Stalin's appearance, therefore, his appearance before the criminal courts has to be dispensed with.

Senior advocate A M Singhvi, also for Stalin, submitted that there are three judgments wherein the Supreme court exercised power of consolidation and transfer and hence writ petition is maintainable.



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