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Case Against Edappadi Palaniswami Quashed by Chennai High Court!
- •The Chennai High Court has quashed the case filed against former Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami.
- •The case was registered for protesting without permission near Cantonment Railway Junction in Trichy.
- •The protest, led by Edappadi Palaniswami on April 5, 2022, condemned property tax hike and cancellation of Thalikku Thangam scheme.
- •Palaniswami's side filed a petition to quash the case, citing no charge sheet filed even after three years.
- •Justice V. Lakshminarayanan accepted the petition and ordered the quashing of the case against him.
Key Questions Answered
The Chennai High Court quashed the case because no charge sheet had been filed even after three years since it was registered in 2022, and the court noted that politicians have the right to protest democratically and that political leaders are entitled to conduct protests.
Cantonment police registered a case against Edappadi Palaniswami and others for organizing a protest without permission and obstructing public transport near the Cantonment Railway Junction to condemn a property tax hike and the cancellation of the Thalikku Thangam scheme.
The Chennai High Court also quashed two separate cases filed against Edappadi Palaniswami for staging unauthorized protests in Salem that allegedly violated COVID-19 restrictions and caused public and transport disruptions.
