The Supreme Court will hear on March 3 an appeal filed by the Tamil Nadu government against a Madras high court order allowing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to take out a route march across the state on March 5.
Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud agreed to list the state’s appeal for Friday this week after senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the matter on behalf of the DMK government in the state.
Rohatgi pressed for an urgent hearing, pointing out that the route march is scheduled for March 5. “There are five or six districts where there are other organisations like the PFI (Popular Front of India) and there are law and order issues. While the single judge agreed with us, a division bench passed the impugned order in a contempt plea,” he submitted.
The CJI responded that the matter will be taken up on Friday.
