In an obiter dictum, Justice G. Jayachandran of the Madras High Court has observed that the Tamil Nadu police are guilty of dereliction of duty because of their failure to act against Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister P.K. Sekarbabu for participating in a conference held for “annihilation of Sanatana Dharma” in Chennai on September 2 this year.
The judge wrote, “Since the police failed to act against those who had delivered inflammatory speeches to eradicate Sanatana Dharma, now permission to counter it by conducting a meeting to eradicate the Dravidian ideology is being sought by the present petitioner.”
He made the observation while dismissing the petition filed by Magesh Karthikeyan of Thiruverkadu in Chennai.
