The Supreme Court on Wednesday tagged a petition seeking criminal prosecution of DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin for his remarks on Sanatana Dharma with a similar plea filed earlier by another party.
A Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M. Trivedi said it would examine, on the next date, whether the petition needed to be entertained.
Tamil Nadu Additional Advocate General Amit Anand Tiwari said these were “publicity interest” petitions filed in the guise of public interest. He said about 40 writ petitions were filed in various High Courts across the country. He said it would be “impossible” for the State if more such petitions cropped up.
