Supreme Court clears proposed route yatra of RSS in Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a Tamil Nadu government’s pettition challenging the Madras High Court’s judgment allowing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to carry out marches in the state.

The DMK government had moved the Supreme Court after a Division Bench of the High Court had on 10 February set aside a 4 November, 2022, order by a single-judge bench that had asked the RSS to organise the march in compounded premises such as ground or stadium.

Concurrently, the HC also restored an earlier order dated 22 September, 2022, by which the police were directed to grant permission for the march and public meeting stating that “it is within the fundamental right of the organisation to conduct such processions at public places including public roads and meetings as they are well within the constitutional scheme.”

The HC bench of Justices R Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq had said that even though the state has the right to impose restrictions, it cannot prohibit them totally, but only impose reasonable restrictions.

Keeping the view of the High Court, the Supreme Court dismissed the petitions filed against the proposed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS ) route march in Tamil Nadu on Monday The bench of Justice V Rama Subrahmanyam and Justice Pankaj Mittal pronounced the verdict.

During the hearing, Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the Tamil Nadu government, had told the Supreme Court that the state government cannot allow marches in 6 districts. Because there is danger of PFI and bomb blasts etc. in the areas.

During the hearing, the Supreme Court had said that there is a language of democracy and there is a language of power which language you speak depends on where you are. Seeing the stand of the Supreme Court, at that time the RSS had agreed to postpone the proposed 5 March procession.