The Supreme Court has reiterated that sanction for prosecution as per Section 197(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure is required even in cases where the official was acting in excess of his official.
The Madras High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to YouTuber and activist Savukku Shankar after the apex court last week suspended his sentence.
Passing directions on a petition seeking Indian citizenship filed by a woman born in India to Sri Lankan Tamil refugee parents in 1983, the judge said “One can take judicial notice of the fact that the Hindu Tamils of Sri Lanka were the primary victims of the racial strife.”
In a first, the Madras High Court on Sunday held an emergency hearing through WhatsApp and allowed a rath yatra to be organised at a Tamil Nadu temple.