IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 19.01.2022

CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM

CONT.P.No.460 of 2017

in

W.P.No.26991 of 2014

Mr.K.Samuelraj

State Secretary,

Tamil Nadu Untouchability Education Front,

27, Vaithyaram Street, T.Nagar,

Chennai-600 017.

...Petitioner

Vs.

Mr.Apurva Varma, I.A.S.,

Secretary, Home Department,

State of Tamilnadu,

Secretariat, chennai.

...Respondent

Prayer: Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of

Courts Act, 1971 to punish the Contemnor for their willful and

deliberate disobedience of the order of this Court made in

W.P.No.26991 of 2014 dated 13.04.2016 causing Contempt of Court.

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For Petitioner : Mr.K.C.Karl Marx

For Respondent

: Mr.M.Rajendiran

Additional Government Pleader

O R D E R

The contempt petition has been filed to punish the respondent

for his willful and disobedience of the order passed by this Court in

W.P.No.26991 of 2014 dated 13.04.2016.

2. This Court passed an order as follows:

“6. I am of the considered view that some

directions similar to those issued by the Punjab and

Haryana High Court may be essential to eradicate the evil

of honour killing. Hence, the following directions are

issued:-

(1) The Inspector General of Police, South Zone,

Madurai, shall forward the copy of his Report to the

Director General of Police, for appropriate departmental

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action against the officers against whom a preliminary

finding of commitment of certain lapses has been recorded

in his Report.

(2) As directed by the Punjab and Haryana High

Court, the State shall create special cells in every District,

comprising of the Superintendent of Police, the District

Social Welfare Officer and District Adi-Dravida Welfare

Officer, to receive petitions/complaints of harassment of and

threat to couples of inter-caste marriage.

(3) These Special Cells shall create a 24 hour

helpline to receive and register such complaints and to

provide necessary assistance/advice as well as protection to

the couple.

(4) Since all the police stations in the State appear

to have been connected electronically through CCTNS

Portal (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems)

Network, the State of Tamil Nadu shall examine the

possibility of generating First Information Reports

automatically (Auto-generated), upon the receipt of

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complaints from the aggrieved couple, even through

helpline.

(5) The Special Cell formed in each District shall

monitor on a regular basis, the receipt of complaints

through helpline or otherwise, the registration of the same

and the action taken by the concerned police.

(6) It shall be the duty of the Station House Officer

of the police station within whose limits the couple move

about, to provide protection to them. In order to ensure that

such a protection is given, the Special Cell should ensure

that the complaint received through helpline or otherwise is

forwarded immediately to the police station within whose

jurisdictional limits the couple apprehending danger are

moving about. The forwarding of the complaint to the

concerned police station will be facilitated easily if online

registration through CCTNS Portal is possible. The moment

the request of the couple is forwarded by the Special Cell to

the concerned police station, it shall be the duty of the

Station House Officer of that police station to provide

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protection to the couple.

(7) Without confining themselves merely to the

grant of protection to the aggrieved couple and taking

action against the members of the family and friends for

chasing the couple, the Special Cell should take pro-active

steps to provide