Daily Archives: February 27, 2009

Events Leading to Clash between Lawyers and Police at Chennai high court


1.Dikshitars from Chidambaram temple  ask help of Jayalalitha to support them in the control of temple case.
2.Due to political compulsions she tells them to get help of  Subramaniam Swamy.
3.The lawyers are always terrorised whenever he comes to court for any case due to his skills and the support he enjoys from American government as he is   pro American and he is also a visiting professor at Harvard law school and business school.
4.He impleads himself in Chidambaram temple case.
5.He is attacked inside court by lawyers who threw rotten eggs and manhandle them.
6.Its widely believed that Karunanidi asked lawyers to do so and he got himself admitted in Ramachandra hospital complaining back pain.
7.Police personnel too were assaulted in the court premises who had come there to give protection to Swamy.
8.This issue becomes serious as lot PIL(Public Interest Litigation) were filed in Supreme court.
9.Due to pressure from Supreme court,State government sends police to arrest those involved in the assault case of Swamy.
10.Some lawyers started protesting and some even started pelting stones on Police.
11.Police came back on riot gear and started lathi charging as their fellow members were injured.
12.Violent clashes erupt between both sides resulting in torching of police station and justice Arumugam Perumal gets injured.
13.Lot of private vehicles were damaged and the place was like a war zone.
14.Supreme court strongly condems the actions and state government issued shoot at sight orders for those damaging public property,
15.It spreads to entire state creating unrest at all courts,so courts were declared holidays.
16.Senior advocates feel that all these problems are due to politicisation of Bar council and Bar association.
17.Once again it proves that during DMK government law and order will be weak.
18.It has also created lot of resentment among police as they are used as hitmen of politicians.