{
  "id": 18077498,
  "title": "How Supreme Court crushed Karunanidhi’s argument that a Chief Minister is not a public servant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/how-supreme-court-crushed-karunanidhis-argument-that-a-chief-minister",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T05:10:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/how-supreme-court-crushed-karunanidhis-argument-that-a-chief-minister-is-not-a-public-servant/article71659944.ece"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In June 1976, a CBI probe into alleged corruption in the procurement of wheat from Punjab was sought by the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary. Karunanidhi and others were alleged to have abused their official position and passed favourable orders to some firms.",
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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."
}