The DMK Lawyers Wing on May 12 threatened to dig up land-grab incidents during the previous ADMK regime (2001-2006) and pursue the cases legally.
A resolution adopted at a meeting of the DMK’s Lawyers Wing at the party headquarters in Chennai said the ruling ADMK had been adopting repressive measures with the help of police to malign the party. The DMK advocates will use the RTI Act to fight the cases.
The ADMK regime thought that the functioning of the DMK could be crippled by foisting more and more cases against DMK functionaries and even while they were legally facing in various courts they foisted new (cases) with the evil intention of creating a bad name for them among the public. If action could be taken on complaints of land grabbing pertaining to the period from 2006-11, was there no need for action for such instances during the previous ADMK regime from 2001-06. So the DMK lawyers would find out such land grabbing instances from 2001-06, compile them, clarify in the people’s court, give complaints to the police and take efforts for legal action.
Generally, when complaints were filed with the police, they must make a formal enquiry to find out truth in it and then only file FIR and take action. On the other hand under instructions of the ADMK regime, the police resort to arrest without any enquiry, if bail was granted by the court on the complaint, they arrange for yet another complaint within a few minutes and arrest the person again without any enquiry and this process continued resulting in prolonged incarceration of DMK cadre.
If the arrested persons turned close to the ruling party, the complaints themselves came forward and withdraw that complaints. If so at whose instance they filed complaints? How did the police take action without verifying the truth of the complaints? What is the action against such complaints for misusing police and courts?
Abusing the Goondas Act against DMK cadre, harassing their family members in police stations in midnights, and keeping even innocent people on tenterhooks of fear – were all violations of personal freedom enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Resolution urging the Centre to withdraw the Higher Education and Research Bill interfering in the powers of Bar Council of India, urging the Tamil Nadu government to increase the welfare fund to Rs.five lakhs were also adopted.
“The meeting also resolved to include the chief secretary, home secretary and director general of police in these cases. Defamation cases will also be filed against the complainants who lodge false cases,” said DMK Lawyers Wing secretary R S Bharathi. About 1,500 advocates from across the state participated in the meeting, he said.
The Lawyers Wing condemned the police for “violating legal principles” and taking leaders and functionaries into custody without investigation. When the cadres get bail, they are foisted with new cases subsequently. The police misuse the Goondas Act and harass the kith and kin, including women, by interrogating them at night in the police stations, said the resolution, apparently referring to the arrest of former minister K P P Samy and interrogation of his family members in connection with a murder case.
Therefore, a resolution was passed calling for daily updates on cases filed against DMK men and their families and its progress to be sent to the party headquarters email id (headquarters@dmk.in). The resolution called for updates on the cases filed by DMK advocates against the State or police .
A resolution adopted at a meeting of the DMK’s Lawyers Wing at the party headquarters in Chennai said the ruling ADMK had been adopting repressive measures with the help of police to malign the party. The DMK advocates will use the RTI Act to fight the cases.
The ADMK regime thought that the functioning of the DMK could be crippled by foisting more and more cases against DMK functionaries and even while they were legally facing in various courts they foisted new (cases) with the evil intention of creating a bad name for them among the public. If action could be taken on complaints of land grabbing pertaining to the period from 2006-11, was there no need for action for such instances during the previous ADMK regime from 2001-06. So the DMK lawyers would find out such land grabbing instances from 2001-06, compile them, clarify in the people’s court, give complaints to the police and take efforts for legal action.
Generally, when complaints were filed with the police, they must make a formal enquiry to find out truth in it and then only file FIR and take action. On the other hand under instructions of the ADMK regime, the police resort to arrest without any enquiry, if bail was granted by the court on the complaint, they arrange for yet another complaint within a few minutes and arrest the person again without any enquiry and this process continued resulting in prolonged incarceration of DMK cadre.
If the arrested persons turned close to the ruling party, the complaints themselves came forward and withdraw that complaints. If so at whose instance they filed complaints? How did the police take action without verifying the truth of the complaints? What is the action against such complaints for misusing police and courts?
Abusing the Goondas Act against DMK cadre, harassing their family members in police stations in midnights, and keeping even innocent people on tenterhooks of fear – were all violations of personal freedom enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Resolution urging the Centre to withdraw the Higher Education and Research Bill interfering in the powers of Bar Council of India, urging the Tamil Nadu government to increase the welfare fund to Rs.five lakhs were also adopted.
“The meeting also resolved to include the chief secretary, home secretary and director general of police in these cases. Defamation cases will also be filed against the complainants who lodge false cases,” said DMK Lawyers Wing secretary R S Bharathi. About 1,500 advocates from across the state participated in the meeting, he said.
The Lawyers Wing condemned the police for “violating legal principles” and taking leaders and functionaries into custody without investigation. When the cadres get bail, they are foisted with new cases subsequently. The police misuse the Goondas Act and harass the kith and kin, including women, by interrogating them at night in the police stations, said the resolution, apparently referring to the arrest of former minister K P P Samy and interrogation of his family members in connection with a murder case.
Therefore, a resolution was passed calling for daily updates on cases filed against DMK men and their families and its progress to be sent to the party headquarters email id (headquarters@dmk.in). The resolution called for updates on the cases filed by DMK advocates against the State or police .
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