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Saturday, Feb 04, 2006

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Tamil Nadu

Court orders deletion of insinuations in suit

J. Venkatesan

It sought to restrain Governor's appointment sans Chief Minister's consent

The suit was filed by the then Chief Secretary, Lakshmi Pranesh
At that time apex court declined to grant any interim relief
In the fresh application, State said certain averments were based on newspaper reports

After due verification it was felt these portions should be deleted and sought a direction

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday directed deletion of certain insinuations made by the Tamil Nadu Government in a suit filed in 2004 against the Centre, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M. Karunanidhi in the transfer/removal of the then State Governor, P. S. Ramamohan Rao.

The suit filed by the then Chief Secretary, Lakshmi Pranesh, sought a direction to restrain the Centre from appointing a new Governor without the consent of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. At that time the apex court declined to grant any interim relief. It had directed the Registry to process the suit and list it for hearing in due course. Subsequently, Mr. Rao resigned.

The matter was listed for further hearing on Friday.

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