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 MK 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 ag...