Chennai Mar 25 PTI The Madras High Court on Friday directed actor and senior BJP functionary S Ve Shekher to appear before the Central Crime Branch CCB of Greater Chennai police on April 2 in connection with a case relating to his sharing a derogatory social media post against women journalists Justice AD Jagadish Chandira passed the orders on the case relating to the actor sharing the post on his social media post in the wake of former Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit patting on the cheek of a woman scribe after a press conference triggering a controversy The counsel appearing for Shekher informed the court he had just shared a message originally posted by a man in the US and removed shortly besides tendering apology He is also ready to tender apology once again However the prosecution counsel told the court that the actor-politician had not appeared before the investigating agency even once After listening to both sides the judge ordered Shekher to appear before the police on April 2 and adjourned the matter by two weeks PTI CORR SA SA

Chennai Nov 19 PTI The Madras High Court has directed the Greater Chennai Police Commissioner to initiate swift action on complaints or information against the public authority and police officials regarding demand and acceptance of freebies bribes or any other extraneous considerations Justice S M Subramaniam gave the direction recently while allowing a writ petition from a small traders organisation in suburban Chrompet Also the Bench directed the Commissioner to constitute special squads for effective and efficient control of traffic system on GST Road and in strategical locations of other important roads in Greater Chennai He should sensitise the traffic police personnel to the issues prevailing and ensure free flow of traffic Dereliction of duty lapses or negligence must be viewed seriously the judge added According to the petitioner the authorities concerned were causing nuisance to the public at large by allowing the commuters to park the vehicles irregularly in front of their commercial establishments Large-scale irregular parking on the GST Road caused greater inconvenience to the people who were all passing through and it affected the free flow of traffic in the locality the petitioner contended PTI COR SA NVG NVG