High Court closes case filed by M.K. Stalin in 2014 for CBI probe into Moulivakkam building collapse
The Hindu
High Court closes case filed by M.K. Stalin in 2014 for CBI probe into Moulivakkam building collapse
The Madras High Court on Tuesday closed a 2014 writ petition filed by incumbent Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, when he was the treasurer of the DMK, seeking a CBI probe into the Moulivakkam building collapse tragedy in Chennai that left 61 dead and many injured. Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy dismissed the case after recording the submission of senior counsel P. Wilson, representing the petitioner, that nothing survived in the case now in view of the charge sheet filed by the State police.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists