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  "id": 12101404,
  "title": "Madras High Court dismisses case against building Tamil Nadu’s new Secretariat at Pattinapakkam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/madras-high-court-dismisses-case-against-building-tamil-nadus-new",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:53:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/madras-high-court-dismisses-as-withdrawn-a-case-against-new-secretariat-complex-in-pattinapakkam/article71546062.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 5, 2026, the Madras High Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by lawyer R.S. Tamilvendan against the construction of Tamil Nadu's new Secretariat at Pattinapakkam. The court ruled that the case was filed \"casually\" and with \"no research\" on the matter, and no valid grounds were presented. Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and G. Arul Murugan noted that Tamilvendan's affidavit was only two pages long, with just two relevant paragraphs, and that the litigant had failed to demonstrate why the government's decision should be challenged. The judges recalled that the High Court had dismissed a similar case filed a decade ago, as courts could not interfere with the government's policy decisions, and the Supreme Court had held the same. The Chief Justice even suggested imposing costs on the petitioner, but the bench refrained from doing so since Tamilvendan had chosen to withdraw the case.",
  "summary": "Litigant’s counsel chose to withdraw the plea after Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan said that it had been filed casually and for publicity without any research",
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