Petitioner draws parallel with crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his supporters

The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday sought to know the State government’s stand on a couple of public interest litigation petitions seeking a judicial probe into the pitched battle between the police and anti-nuclear agitators at Idinthakarai and Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district on September 10. Acceding to the request of Additional Advocate General K. Chellapandian to grant time for filing a counter affidavit on behalf of the State, a Division Bench comprising Justice K. Suguna and Justice M. Vijayaraghavan adjourned hearing of the cases to Friday.