{
  "id": 13919467,
  "title": "TVK MLA ECR Saravanan moves Madras High Court to quash FIR in unauthorised banners case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/tvk-mla-ecr-saravanan-moves-madras-high-court-to-quash-fir-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T09:02:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tvk-mla-ecr-saravanan-moves-madras-high-court-to-quash-fir-in-unauthorised-banners-case/article71574163.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly ECR P. Saravanan, also known as P. Saravana Murthy, from Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, filed an application in the Madras High Court to have a 2025 FIR quashed against him for setting up unauthorized banners. The Madras High Court's Justice V. Lakshminarayanan, who handles cases involving Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly, permitted the MLA's petition to avoid delivering the original FIR copy and ordered the High Court Registry to assign a number to the main petition quashing the FIR. The Neelankarai police filed the FIR on November 30, 2025, after Sub-Inspector G. Prabhakaran observed the unauthorized hoardings in a public area near a private marriage hall on K.K. Road during his routine patrol. The inquiry found that Saravanan and another TVK party member, Ravi, had installed the banners without obtaining permission from the Greater Chennai Corporation. The offense was charged under Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1959, which carries a potential sentence of up to one year in prison and a fine of up to ₹5,000. Consequently, Saravanan has sought the High Court's intervention to quash the FIR.",
  "summary": "Justice V. Lakshminarayanan allows his application to dispense with the production of a certified copy of the FIR",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}