“Karthigai Deepam Row | ‘Law and Order Is Not a Fig Leaf’: Madras HC Warns Tamil Nadu Officials in Contempt Case”, Law Beat, December 18, 2025
“The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan at the Madras High Court, Madurai, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, look strong exception to what il described as a growing tendency among state authorities to cite “law and order” concerns as a justification for not implementing binding judicial orders, warning that such conduct strikes at the very foundation of constitutional governance.
Hearing two contempt petitions arising out of alleged non-compliance with its December 1 orders, Justice G.R. Swaminathan summoned the top administrative and police leadership of Tamil Nadu and made it clear that executive inconvenience or apprehensions could not override the authority of the court.
The chief secretary of Tamil Nadu and the additional director general of police (law and order) appeared before the court through video conferencing…..”
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