New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- The Communist Party of India (CPI) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court's direction ordering the removal of all permanent flagpoles of political parties from public places across Tamil Nadu.
A Bench comprising Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Vijay Bishnoi directed that the matter be placed before a Bench led by Justice Vikram Nath, which had previously heard a connected case on the same issue. Accordingly, the matter was adjourned.
The Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenges an August 13 order of a Full Bench of the Madurai Bench of the High Court, comprising Justices S.M. Subramaniam, R. Vijayakumar, and S. Sounthar, which had upheld the earlier single-judge direction (passed in Januar...