Chennai, March 20 -- The Tamil Nadu government and the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) have jointly moved the Madras high court against the raids conducted earlier this month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the department that has a monopoly over liquor sales.

A division bench of justices MS Ramesh and N Senthikumar on Wednesday accepted the state's request for an early hearing on the matter. The writ petition, filed earlier this week, seeks the court's direction to order the ED that its searchers without the consent of the state are against federalism. The central agency has exceeded its authority and it infringes on the state's autonomy, said an official in the know of the matter and the petition on condition of ...