SC rejects plea against arrest of Karunanidhi

By Our Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI, AUG. 27. The Supreme Court today dismissed in limine a writ petition challenging the arrest and detention of the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, and two Union Ministers, Mr. Murasoli Maran and Mr. T.R. Balu.

A Bench, comprising Mr. Justice M.B. Pattanaik and Ms. Justice Ruma Pal, dismissed the petition filed by Mr. Bhim Singh, Chairman, State Legal Aid Committee (Jammu and Kashmir).

The petition challenging the arrest had sought a direction to the Tamil Nadu Government authorities to produce all records relating to the arrest and detention of the three detenus.

The petitioner had alleged that the three detenus ``were illegally arrested and detained by the State of Tamil Nadu and the State DGP in a post-midnight operation carried on June 29 at the behest of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ms. Jayalalithaa, as an act of vindictiveness with a purpose to humiliate Mr. Karunanidhi and his supporters, including Government officials who were associated with him''.

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