Tamil Nadu Government

Madras Reporters Guild, also known as Chennai Nirubargal Sangam, demanded that Badri Seshadri be released immediately

Badri Seshadri was arrested early Saturday from his Chennai home following his statements about the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud in connection with the Manipur unrest.

Badri Seshadri was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 153 (provocation), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 505 (public mischief).

"As of now, the status quo continues because of the split verdict. One of the judges accepted our plea that ED has no power to seek Police custody...It has been held by one of the judges that it is a case of illegal arrest..," said senior advocate and DMK Rajya Sabha MP Elango.

Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji broke down while being taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials for questioning in connection to an alleged money laundering case in the wee hours of Wednesday. 

The two finger test was declared as unconstitutional in 2013 by India's Supreme Court. The test has no scientific basis and it instead re-victimizes and re-traumatizes women, the court had said.

Tamil Nadu government claimed before the Supreme Court of India that there is no ban on the screening of the movie 'The Kerala Story' in the State.

The Kerala Story makers Vipul Shah and Sudipto Sen moved to the Supreme Court against the decision of the West Bengal government to ban the film in the state

The MK Stalin government in Tamil Nadu had raised objections and prohibited the event from taking place in the state.

Tami Nadu police permitted route march by RSS on 16 April after Supreme Court rejected state govt's decision to not allow the march