India, March 6 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that no new case should be registered against Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin over his controversial remarks against 'Sanatan dharma' and extended protection against his arrest in fresh cases lodged against him till the next hearing on his petition to club all cases against him at a single place.

"We deem it appropriate that no further cases shall be registered without permission of this court," a bench comprising of justice Sanjay Kumar and headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, said.

Several first information reports (FIRs) were filed in different parts of the country, including Maharashtra, Bihar, Jammu, and Karnataka, against the Dravida Munn...