Ruling against discharge of student till November 25 - Hindu

The Madras High Court on Friday restrained the authorities from discharging K.R.Bharathi Kannan, a student of Dr.Ambedkar Government Law College, who was injured in the clash at the institution on November 12, from the General Hospital here till 6 p.m. on November 25.

Justice K.Suguna passed the interim order on a writ petition by K. Karuppaiah, father of the student, who said that under no circumstance political and police pressure should be put on the hospital doctors to discharge his son.

The petitioner submitted that his son, studying in the fourth year, sustained severe head injury, fracture in both his shoulders and wrists, elbows, the right leg and a stab injury in the clash and was undergoing treatment in the hospital’s intensive care unit. The Police Inspector, Esplanade police station, and several police officers were frequently visiting his son at the hospital and troubling him in the guise of enquiry, despite knowing that he was in a critical condition.

He alleged that the police were pressuring the doctors to discharge him. His son had a right to live in peace, more particularly in the present physical and mental condition. When his condition was not stable, the authorities had no right to disturb him.

He sought a direction to the Dean, General Hospital (a respondent), not to discharge his son from the hospital under political and police pressure and to provide him medical treatment till he completely recovered.

When the petition came up, notice was taken on behalf of the police and the hospital authorities. The Judge posted the matter for November 25.

Plea for CBI probe


Meanwhile, the First Bench comprising the Chief Justice and Justice F.M.Ibrahim Kalifulla on Friday posted for November 25 along with other petitions a public interest litigation petition filed by one K.R.Ramaswamy alias “Traffic” Ramaswamy, founder Chairman, Tamil Nadu Social Workers Organisation, who has sought a CBI enquiry into the law college incident. Mr.Ramaswamy submitted that the police failed to prevent the brutal attack on students. An impartial probe should be conducted to identify the students involved in the incident and if they were guilty they should be dismissed from the college.

Encroachments: court orders spot inspection at T. Nagar - Hindu

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Tuesday said a two-member committee consisting of officers of the Chennai Corporation and the CMDA should make a spot inspection at T.Nagar from February 17 in the matter relating to removal of encroachments.

The First Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice S.J.Mukhopadhaya and Justice V.Dhanapalan passed further orders on a public interest litigation petition filed by K.R.Ramaswamy alias ‘Traffic’ Ramaswamy.

It said the Corporation Commissioner and the CMDA Member-Secretary should nominate an officer each. The committee will make spot inspection of the areas in question. The petitioner may assist the committee.

A joint report should be submitted to the court on March 2. The matter has been posted for March 3.

In his petition, Mr.Ramaswamy had said that if only an earlier High Court order had been acted upon, encroachments on Ranganathan Street would have been removed and the fire accident in Saravana Stores on September 1 last year could have been averted.

In the August 2006 order, a Division Bench directed the Corporation to take steps to remove encroachments on all busy streets such as Ranganathan Street, Natesan Street, Madley Road, etc., but no progress had been shown, the petition said.