India, April 17 -- The Madras high court on Thursday ordered the Tamil Nadu police to file a first information report (FIR) against forest minister K Ponmudy for his vulgar comments on women, Shaivites and Vaishnavites.

Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president M K Stalin on April 11 removed Ponmudy from his party post as deputy general secretary following an uproar against his remarks but Ponmudy continues as a minister.

"Don't register multiple FIRs. Just register one FIR and proceed with it. Law is for everybody. When the government takes others' hate speeches seriously, the same must be done when a minister himself makes it," justice Anand Venkatesh said in his oral remarks during its hearing of a 2023 suo moto revision petition a...