Madras High Court Hears Urgent Case Through WhatsApp And On A Sunday
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It was a triangular session, with the judge hearing the case from Nagercoil, petitioner's counsel at one place and Advocate-General at another place, in the city. The issue pertained to a temple in Dharmapuri district.
For the first time in the annals of the Madras High Court, a judge has conducted a case through 'WhatsApp', and on a Sunday.
Justice G R Swaminathan took up the case while being stationed in Nagercoil, where he had gone to attend a marriage function yesterday, following a submission of P R Srinivasan, the hereditary trustee of Shri Abheeshta Varadaraja Swamy temple, that his village will face the 'divine wrath' if the proposed 'Rath' (Car) festival was not held today.
"This fervent prayer of the writ petitioner made me hold an emergency sitting from Nagercoil and conduct the case through WhatsApp," the judge said in the opening sentence of his order.
It was a triangular session, with the judge hearing the case from Nagercoil, petitioner's counsel V Raghavachari at one place and Advocate-General R Shanmugasundaram, at another place, in the city. The issue pertained to a temple in Dharmapuri district.
