SC TO HEAR TN GOVT PLEA CHALLENGING RSS FLAG MARCHES ON NOV 6

The Supreme Court on Friday scheduled a hearing on the Tamil Nadu government's plea challenging the Madras High Court's order permitting the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) to conduct flag marches in the state. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta will hear the case on November 6.

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The Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court, challenging the October 18 order by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that granted the RSS permission to hold flag marches in the state. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal and advocate on record Sabarish Subramanian represented the Tamil Nadu government. The petition argues that the order was issued without considering the history of violent incidents associated with such marches, their purposes, and the prevailing intelligence reports concerning potential law and order disruptions. It also claims that the order was issued in ignorance of other religious gatherings during the ongoing Navratri festival and Thevar Jayanti