Advocate General Vijay Narayan on Friday ordered notice to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) organising secretary R.S. Bharathi on a plea seeking consent for initiating criminal contempt of court proceedings for his reported remark that some persons from the Scheduled Castes became judges because of alms provided by former Chief Minister Karunanidhi. Such consent had been made compulsory under Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act of 1971 to avoid frivolous petitions. On listing of such pleas seeking consent, the A-G had been adopting the practice of ordering notice to the other side and calling them up for a hearing either in person or through a lawyer. In the case of Mr. Bharathi, the A-G had listed the plea, seeking consent, for hearing on June 12.

Source: The Hindu May 29, 2020 19:13 UTC