{"id":10818,"date":"2020-11-11T05:32:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T05:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=10818"},"modified":"2020-11-11T05:32:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T05:32:18","slug":"manusmriti-remarks-madras-hc-refuses-to-hear-plea-against-vck-leader-thirumavalavan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/manusmriti-remarks-madras-hc-refuses-to-hear-plea-against-vck-leader-thirumavalavan\/","title":{"rendered":"Manusmriti remarks: Madras HC refuses to hear plea against VCK leader Thirumavalavan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source:-https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHENNAI: Asserting that everyone has freedom of expression and Manusmriti is not a statute book to be read only in a particular way, the Madras High Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking to disqualify Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader T Thirumavalavan as a Lok Sabha member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bench dismissed the plea as withdrawn after the petitioner sought liberty from the bench to file a fresh plea with the relevant statutes as sought by the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue pertains to a PIL moved by one S Kasiramalingam seeking disqualification proceedings against Chidambaram MP Thol Thirumavalavan for his recent speech on Manusmriti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The petitioner stated that the MP had spoken ill of women by making adverse remarks, which is against the oath taken while assuming office as a lawn MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-member bench of justices M Sathyanarayanan and R Hemalatha hearing the plea sought to know the statutory provisions under which the relief can be ordered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The VCK leader has interpreted Manusmtri in his own way and it is a 2,000 years old ancient text and we cannot do anything for that. Everyone has freedom of expression&#8221;, orally observed the judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advocate RC Paul Kanagaraj for the petitioner argued that Manusmriti is an ancient text and does not exist, however, the MP is seeking a ban for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also contended that the speech made by the MP had created unrest. He further added that the speech created a provocation among various sections of people and he went on to hold a statewide protest calling for a ban on the ancient text that was authored 2000 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Code of ethics is not statutory and it cannot be imposed, the bench orally observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bench also said, &#8220;We want all the elected representatives in the state to act responsibly, however they don&#8217;t and the court cannot do anything about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it goes beyond decency and morality, the state can take action, added the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The petitioner while concluding his arguments sought for withdrawing the plea with the liberty to file a fresh petition with relevant statutes that were violated by the MP. 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