Just In :The Madras High Court grants permission to the DMK to bury M Karunanidhi at Marina Beach next to Annadurai’s memorial also called the the Anna Memorial.
After arguments came to an end it took around 20 minutes for the judges to dictate the orders giving the green signal for the burial.
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DMK cadres cheer the news.
Earlier ,Arguments ended at the Madras High Court which is hearing a DMK plea to allot space on the Marina beach for burial of party leader M Karunanidhi.
Point to note is that the family members of Karunanidhi have not approached the High Court, as Justice SS Sundar tells DMK’s lawyer. The case has been filed by the DMK. However, when doctors at Kauvery Hospital told the family that there was no hope of revival, they met TN CM E Palaniswami asking for space at Marina beach for a burial.
Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit pays last respects to former Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi at Chennai’s Rajaji Hall
The DMK moved the court hours after the state government announced its inability to allot burial space on the Marina beach citing legal hurdles. In a special late night hearing before the first bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice S S Sundar, the counsel for DMK questioned the government’s legal ground for not allotting space for burying Karunanidhi at the Marina beach.
Hearing the matter, Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh adjourned it to 8 am. The DMK argued that there was no legal impediment to allotting space within the memorial of former Chief Minister C N Annadurai on the beachfront.
