
HC quashes case against CPI (M) leader Vasuki
The Hindu
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday quashed the trial court proceedings pending against CPI (M) Central Committee Member U. Vasuki and 25 other party members. In 2016, during the camp
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday quashed the trial court proceedings pending against CPI (M) Central Committee Member U. Vasuki and 25 other party members. In 2016, during the campaign for the State legislative Assembly elections they had staged a road blockade in Jaihindpuram in Madurai alleging police inaction over distribution of cash for votes.
The case of the prosecution was that on May 13, 2016, around 250 CPI (M) party members had staged a protest in Jaihindpuram in Madurai. They had raised slogans against the police at around 8 p.m. in violation of election code and prohibitory order. The petitioners said that they had only raised the slogans and there was no violence. They said that the continuance of the case against them was harassment and sought the quash of the proceedings.

“Judicial time is a valuable public resource. Every frivolous or misconceived invocation of constitutional jurisdiction results in diversion of time from genuinely deserving litigants,” said the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court while imposing a cost of ₹50,000 on a man from Theni district who filed a petition with an unusual prayer: permission to conduct daily protests till the ‘World War’ ends.












