Summary:
more-inThe Madras High Court on Monday initiated suo motu criminal contempt of court proceedings against BJP national secretary H.
Raja for his recent “scandalous conduct” of having reportedly used derogatory words against the High Court. In the afternoon, a section of lawyers staged a demonstration outside the High Court campus condemning the BJP leader for his reported remarks against the court. In the footage, Mr.
Raja could be seen picking up a quarrel with the police for citing High Court orders to deny permission for the erection of a dais in a public place. The lawyers had approached the second Division Bench led by Mr.
Justice Ramesh because Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani was on leave on Monday. The Bench took note of a video clip of Mr.
Raja shot during Vinayaka Chathurthi celebrations within the Tirumayam police station limits in Pudukottai district on Saturday..