"No Such Order Passed": Ambedkar Portraits To Remain In Tamil Nadu Courts
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Protests erupted after a circular was allegedly sent to all district courts in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry by the Registrar-General of the Madras High Court.
Portraits of BR Ambedkar, referred to as the the architect of the Indian Constitution, can remain in courts across Tamil Nadu, the state's Law Minister clarified today, following protests from lawyers across the state after an alleged Madras High Court order that only portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and revered Tamil poet-saint Thiruvalluvar would be permitted. Disheartened by the news that the Registrar General of the Honourable Madras High Court has refused the requests of various associations & has ordered the removal of Dr BR Ambedkar avl's portrait in the court & court premises as per their recent circular.The Registrar General…
The state's law minister S Regupathy, who met the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on the instruction of Chief Minister MK Stalin to convey the state government's stand on this on Monday, said in a statement that the CJ has assured that no such order was passed and status quo will continue.
Protests erupted after a circular was allegedly sent to all district courts in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry by the Registrar-General of the Madras High Court.
