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  "title": "Madras High Court dismisses as withdrawn a plea to declare ‘Vettri Payanam’ scheme unconstitutional",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/madras-high-court-dismisses-as-withdrawn-a-plea-to-declare-vettri",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-10-05T07:42:40.000Z",
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  "summary": "Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan, however, grant liberty to the petitioner, who had challenged the constitutional validity of the no-fare bus travel scheme for women, to work out other remedies available under the law",
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