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Goondas Act invoked against two murder accused in Mayiladuthurai
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Goondas Act invoked against two murder accused in Mayiladuthurai

The Hindu  

Two persons have been arrested under the Goondas Act in connection with the murder of a man in Sirkazhi taluk of Mayiladuthurai district. According to the police, Rafiq, 50, a resident of Kovilpathu Main Road in Sirkazhi, was killed by his son Mohammed Yusuf, 22, along with his friends Subash, 22, and Mohammed Basith, 19. Given the severity of the …

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Theni woman held with 6.5 kg of ganja near Coimbatore
3 months ago

Theni woman held with 6.5 kg of ganja near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Karumathampatti police have arrested a woman on charges of possessing six-and-a-half kg of ganja. A special team of the Coimbatore District Police apprehended the woman, who was found in suspicious circumstances, at the autorickshaw stand near Senniyandavar Kovil at Karumathampatti on Sunday. Ganja peddler detained under Goondas Act A 49-year-old man, who was arrested by the Karamadai police in …

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Savukku Shankar Not Kept In Solitary Confinement: Tamil Nadu Govt Tells Supreme Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Savukku Shankar Not Kept In Solitary Confinement: Tamil Nadu Govt Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Tamil Nadu Government on Monday told the Supreme Court that YouTuber Savukku Shankar was not kept in solitary confinement.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Shankar's mother Kamala challenging his detention under the Tamil Nadu 'Goondas' Act 1982.The bench posted the. The Tamil …

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Youtuber Savukku Shankar case: Madras High Court quashes ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s detention under the Goondas Act
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Youtuber Savukku Shankar case: Madras High Court quashes ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s detention under the Goondas Act

The Hindu  

Social media content is not thrust upon the viewers. Further, observing that the Goondas Act could be invoked only if a person had indulged in acts prejudicial to maintenance of public order, the Bench said: “Speeches criticising the government, its policies and actions or exposing corrupt or illegal actions in public administration cannot be termed as a threat to public …

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Six drug peddlers arrested in TN, booked under Goondas Act
6 months, 1 week ago

Six drug peddlers arrested in TN, booked under Goondas Act

New Indian Express  

NAMAKKAL: Six people were arrested under the Goondas Act for selling illegal drug tablets and operating a fake, unlicensed medical shop in Namakkal town. Sources revealed that police were tipped off about a gang selling drug tablets and injection drugs near a lake at Pothanur, Paramathivelur, in Namakkal. They confiscated 10 drug tablets, 10 injection drugs, Rs 50,000 in cash, …

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Dismiss plea against ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s detention under Goondas Act, Chennai Police Commissioner urges Madras High Court
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Dismiss plea against ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s detention under Goondas Act, Chennai Police Commissioner urges Madras High Court

The Hindu  

YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar’s mother has filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his detention under the Goondas Act even before the Home Secretary could refer the matter to the Advisory Board for its opinion and therefore, the petition must be dismissed, Greater Chennai City Commissioner of Police Sandeep Rai Rathore, has contended before the Madras High Court. In …

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Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention: Chennai Police ask third judge to refer petition against detention back to a Division Bench
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention: Chennai Police ask third judge to refer petition against detention back to a Division Bench

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai City Police on Thursday, June 6, 2024, filed a sub application before the Madras High Court claiming that Justice G. Jayachandran had agreed with the view taken by Justice P.B. Balaji, in a habeas corpus petition filed against YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar’s detention under the Goondas Act, and therefore, the case must now be referred …

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Madras HC delivers split verdict on legality of detention of 'Savukku' Shankar under Goondas Act
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Madras HC delivers split verdict on legality of detention of 'Savukku' Shankar under Goondas Act

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Friday delivered a split verdict on the legality of the detention of jailed YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar under the Goondas Act in the wake of his arrest in five different cases including the ones relating to denigrating women police personnel in an interview and possession of ganja. Justice GR Swaminathan, who was presiding the division …

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Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention | Madras High Court orders production of entire file
7 months ago

Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention | Madras High Court orders production of entire file

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Thursday, May 23, 2024 directed the Greater Chennai City Commissioner of Police Sandeep Rai Rathore to produce the entire file relating to the invocation of Goondas Act against YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar pursuant to his arrest on May 4. The judges refrained from passing the usual order of ordering notice, returnable in six …

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Savukku Shankar’s mother moves High Court challenging his detention under Goondas Act
7 months ago

Savukku Shankar’s mother moves High Court challenging his detention under Goondas Act

The Hindu  

YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar, alias A. Shankar’s mother A. Kamala has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Madras High Court challenging an order passed by the Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police on May 12 detaining her son under the Goondas Act, 1982. The petitioner had also filed another writ petition, seeking an inquiry by the National Human Rights Commission into …

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How is the Goondas Act invoked? | Explained
7 months, 1 week ago

How is the Goondas Act invoked? | Explained

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber Law Offenders, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act of 1982 is probably the only law with such a long title. The Madras High Court is flooded with habeas corpus petitions challenging the detention orders passed under the Goondas …

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'Public Servants Should Remain Within Bounds Of Law': Allahabad HC Raps Gorakhpur ADM Over Unfair Notice Under 'UP Goondas Act'
9 months, 1 week ago

'Public Servants Should Remain Within Bounds Of Law': Allahabad HC Raps Gorakhpur ADM Over Unfair Notice Under 'UP Goondas Act'

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week reprimanded Additional District Magistrate Gorakhpur for issuing a notice to a man under the Uttar Pradesh Control of Goondas Act 1970 against a man based upon a solitary case registered against him. The Court also directed the state to pay Rs 20K to the man within 2 months.A bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice …

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Palaniswami warns DMK regime of agitation over filing of cases against farmers under Goondas Act
1 year, 1 month ago

Palaniswami warns DMK regime of agitation over filing of cases against farmers under Goondas Act

The Hindu  

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Friday warned the DMK government of an agitation if it did not immediately withdraw the cases filed against seven farmers under the Goondas Act for their opposition to land acquisition in Tiruvannamalai district. In a statement, he said certain parts of the district, such as Melma junction road and Koozhamandal, looked like war-torn …

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UP 'Goondas Act' Being 'Rampantly Misused': Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt To Frame Uniform Guidelines For Its Invocation By Oct 31
1 year, 4 months ago

UP 'Goondas Act' Being 'Rampantly Misused': Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt To Frame Uniform Guidelines For Its Invocation By Oct 31

Live Law  

Observing that the provisions of Uttar Pradesh Control of Goondas Act, 1970 are being rampantly missed, the Allahabad High Court has directed the State Government to form uniform guidelines by October 31 regarding the applicability of this Act The bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi and Justice Mohd. ".after assessing all these factors if the executive authorities come to the conclusion …

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Tindivanam DMK councillor’s husband detained under Goondas Act a month after arrest for possession of illicit arrack
1 year, 7 months ago

Tindivanam DMK councillor’s husband detained under Goondas Act a month after arrest for possession of illicit arrack

The Hindu  

Villupuram Collector C. Palani has ordered the detention of Maruvur Raja, 38, a DMK functionary under the Goondas Act. The Collector ordered his detention under the Goondas Act based on a request from Kallakurichi Superintendent of Police N. Mohanraj holding additional charge of Villupuram district. Shanmugam, while speaking to reporters in Villupuram shortly after news reports of Marakkanam hooch tragedy …

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Bootleggers to be arrested under Goondas Act, says Puducherry Deputy Collector
1 year, 7 months ago

Bootleggers to be arrested under Goondas Act, says Puducherry Deputy Collector

The Hindu  

Following Sunday’s liquor tragedy that unfolded in neighbouring Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu, the Puducherry district administration ordered a combing operation in isolated places surrounding the villages of Karasur and Sedarapet on Monday morning. The Excise Department has decided to step up its vigil in areas bordering Tamil Nadu, following the deaths of 12 persons from Ekkiyarkuppam, near Marakkanam in …

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BJP hired goondas from Bihar to riot in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP hired goondas from Bihar to riot in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

India Today  

The BJP hires people to incite riots and violence, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said as she addressed party workers in East Midnapur’s Khejuri. If BJP can't do it, they hire people to incite riots," Mamata Banerjee said about the Ram Navami clashes in the state. West Bengal celebrates several Hindu festivals, Mamata Banerjee said, adding that hooliganism has …

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Goondas Act against farmer responsible for electrocution of elephants, T.N. Forest Department tells Madras HC
1 year, 9 months ago

Goondas Act against farmer responsible for electrocution of elephants, T.N. Forest Department tells Madras HC

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Forest department on Tuesday told the Madras High Court that a recommendation would be made to the Dharmapuri Collector to invoke the Goondas Act against a farmer who had put up an illegal electric fence around his land leading to the electrocution of two female elephants and one makhna on Monday. Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran made …

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Will send terrorist to kill Tamil Nadu Guv, says DMK leader; BJP demands arrest under Goondas Act
1 year, 11 months ago

Will send terrorist to kill Tamil Nadu Guv, says DMK leader; BJP demands arrest under Goondas Act

India Today  

Amid an ongoing tussle between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and Governor RN Ravi, DMK spokesperson Sivaji Krishnamurthy stoked controversy after he said that “we will send a terrorist to shoot and kill” the Tamil Nadu Governor. BJP SLAMS DMK LEADER’S REMARK AGAINST GUV BJ leader Narayanan Thirupathy called for DMK leader Sivaji Krishnamurthy’s arrest over the remark against …

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Tamil Nadu Govt Misusing Preventive Detention Laws, Will Order State To Pay Compensation Whenever Detention Is Found Frivolous: Madras High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu Govt Misusing Preventive Detention Laws, Will Order State To Pay Compensation Whenever Detention Is Found Frivolous: Madras High Court

Live Law  

Expressing shock over Tamil Nadu government's abuse of preventive detention laws, the Madras High Court has said that it will impose costs on the State whenever a preventive detention order is found to be illegal. The division bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice Anand Venkatesh gave the ruling in two habeas corpus petitions filed by relatives of the detenues …

Law Tamil Nadu Court Preventive Detention State Act Offenders
'Will cut your tongue': Karnataka BJP MLA gets threat over remarks against Tipu Sultan, files complaint
2 years, 3 months ago

'Will cut your tongue': Karnataka BJP MLA gets threat over remarks against Tipu Sultan, files complaint

India TV News  

Highlights BJP MLA KS Eshwarappa allegedly got a threat saying his "tongue will be cut off". Karnataka news: The row over Tipu Sultan continues in Karnataka, as BJP MLA KS Eshwarappa allegedly got a threat saying his "tongue will be cut off" over his remarks against Tipu Sultan. Eshwarappa filed a complaint in this regard and said that the threat …

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Goondas Act invoked against 21 persons in the last one week
2 years, 4 months ago

Goondas Act invoked against 21 persons in the last one week

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Police have invoked the Goondas Act against 21 accused, including a woman, in the last one week. With this, 244 persons have been detained by the Greater Chennai Police under the Goondas Act so far this year. Of them, 150 were allegedly involved in murder, attempt to murder and disruption of public order; 59 in stealing, chain …

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Three arrested with 300 painkiller tablets in Coimbatore
2 years, 4 months ago

Three arrested with 300 painkiller tablets in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Periyanaickenpalayam police on Sunday arrested three persons on charges of possessing and selling prescription drugs. The police seized 300 tablets of a pain killer, syringes and sodium chloride injection from them. The police apprehended them with the prescription drugs, 525 g of ganja and other materials during a vehicle check near Puthupalayam railway bridge, Periyanaickenpalayam. The police seized the …

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Virudhunagar Rape Case: Four Accused Booked Under Goondas Act
2 years, 8 months ago

Virudhunagar Rape Case: Four Accused Booked Under Goondas Act

ABP News  

Chennai: Four accused, including two DMK functionaries in the sexual assault case of a 22-year-old Dalit woman in Virudhunagar, were booked under Goondas Act on Thursday. Based on the recommendation of CB-CID, district Collector Meghanath Reddy on Thursday ordered the police to book four persons including Hariharan Saravanan, Madasamy, Praveen and Junaith Ahamed under Goondas Act, said a report on …

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