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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
G.ARUL MURUGAN, MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Rep by its Deputy General Secretary – Appellant
Versus
Director General of Police Office of the Director General of Police – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. need for guidelines on political rallies (Para 1 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. state's responsibility to establish sop for public events (Para 2 , 3 , 9) |
| 3. obligations to consider all stakeholder inputs (Para 10 , 11) |
| 4. timeline for finalizing the sop (Para 13) |
| 5. provision for judicial remedy for grievances (Para 14) |
ORDER :
Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, C.J.
The petitioner in W.P.No.43333 of 2025 filed a petition [W.P.(Crl) No.884 of 2025] seeking issuance of a mandamus, directing the respondent therein to forthwith instruct all subordinate police officials throughout the State of Tamil Nadu to consider and grant necessary permissions to the petitioner party for conducting political campaigns between 20.09.2025 and 20.12.2025, on the basis of representations made by the petitioner, in a fair, uniform and non-discriminatory manner, within a stipulated time.
2. While hearing W.P.(Crl) No.884 of 2025, a learned Single Judge of this Court directed to State Government to come up with guidelines with regard to the collection of security deposit from the political parties who intend to have such huge public meetings, gatherings, demonstrations, etc.
3. Later on, the Chief Secretary and Home
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