Section 144 / 163

21 May 2018

In power

AIADMK — Tamil Nadu

Acted

State government, Tamil Nadu

Under

Section 144 CrPC

An order under Section 144 CrPC was passed at 10.30 pm on 21 May, the night before the 100th-day march, according to the Madras High Court. Vedanta had asked the High Court for such an order, and on 18 May the court directed the District Collector to consider its representations and pass orders by 21 May. A petitioner told the court that the order covered only the Thoothukudi South and SIPCOT police station limits, that marchers were never told of it, and that there was no proof it was published. The State said it was announced through television, newspapers, megaphones and the Collector's social media. The Chief Minister said thousands had defied prohibitory orders imposed by the district collector. The Aruna Jagadeesan Commission later found that the SP had not specified routes to the permitted venue, the SAV school grounds, which led protesters to violate the order. Prohibitory orders remained in force in the town after the firing [1][4][2][3][5]

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