JUDGMENT

(Prayer: PETITIONS under Article 226 of The Constitution of India praying for the issuance of Writs of Certiorari to call for the records pertaining to G.O.Ms.Nos.573, 574, 748 & 537 of 2023 respectively dated 26.9.2023, 02.9.2023, 30.11.2023 and 02.9.2023 passed by the first respondent and the consequential complaints respectively in C.C.Nos. 3, 2, 4 & 1 of 2023 on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Court, Villupuram.)

Common Order:

1. The issues involved in all these writ petitions are common. Hence, the basic issues raised will be answered and applied to the facts of each case and the writ petitions are disposed of by this common order.

2. These writ petitions have been filed challenging the respective Government Orders passed by the first respondent according sanction to the Public Prosecutor for making complaints under Sub-Section (2) of Section 199 of the Criminal Procedure Code (for short, the Code) against the petitioner for the alleged defamatory speech made against the Hon'ble Chief Minister, which constitutes an offence under Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code (for brevity, the IPC), punishable under Section 500 of the IPC and the consequential complaints