Chennai, March 20 -- The Tamil Nadu government and the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) have jointly moved the Madras high court against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids conducted earlier this month at 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 was filed this week. It 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, an official aware of the matter said on condition of anonymity. The affidavit also s...