A criminal case was registered against Raja on Sep 16, a day after he picked up a quarrel with policemen in Meiyyapuram village in Pudukottai district over the route of the immersion procession of Ganesh idols
A week after a division bench of the Madras High Court took suo moto cognisance of his rant against the judiciary, BJP national secretary H Raja on Tuesday submitted his application before the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court claiming that a division bench of the court had no locus standi to suo moto initiate contempt proceedings against him.
Advocate KS Dinakaran, appearing for the BJP leader, made a special mention before the first bench comprising Chief Justice VK Tahilramani and Justice M Duraiswamy and said only the Chief Justice could decide on suo motu proceedings. The matter relates to the suo motu contempt proceedings initiated by a division bench of Justices CT Selvam and Nirmal Kumar on September 17 against H Raja over his alleged derogatory remarks against the judiciary and police. It had also directed him to personally appear on October 22.
The counsel pointed out that there are several HC and Supreme Court judgements that allow other benches to place the materials before the Chief Justice on taking cognisance of the matter and whether to take suo moto action or not. "Only the Chief Justice has to decide whether to take suo motu or not," the advocate said, adding that the "Bench headed by Justice CT Selvam has no loco standi to take suo moto." Chief Justice VK Tahilramani directed the advocate to place the note along with citing in this connection and said she would examine the matter.
A criminal case was registered against Raja on September 16, a day after he picked up a quarrel with policemen in Meiyyapuram village in Pudukottai district over the route of an immersion procession of Lord Ganesh idols. He had called the police "anti-Hindu" and "highly corrupt", besides making some remarks against judiciary after being informed that permission could not be given to take out the procession through the route in view of a court order.
THE CASE
A criminal case was registered against Raja on September 16, a day after he picked up a quarrel with policemen in Meiyyapuram village in Pudukottai district over the route of the immersion procession of Ganesh idols
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