New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed that the status quo be maintained regarding the dispute over flagpoles in Tamil Nadu, while hearing a petition filed by P. Shanmugam, State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI).
A Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued notice, returnable in four weeks, and ordered that, "Until further orders, the parties are to maintain status quo with respect to the subject flagpoles, as it exists today."The present proceedings arise after the Supreme Court earlier dismissed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenging a decision of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, which had directed all political parties and organisations to remove permanent flag...