<![CDATA[A case has been registered against H Raja in Thirumayam police station, Pudukottai on Sunday for creating ruckus during Ganesh Chaturthi procession. Raja accused the state police of being highly corrupt and hurled expletives at the Madras High Court for issuing guidelines on the procession. The case against H Raja and six others has been registered under various sections of IPC -- Section 143(Punishment upto six months or fine), 188(Disobedience),153 (A)( Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language), 290 (Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for), 294 (B)(Obscene acts and songs), 353(Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 505 (1) (B) (C)(Statements conducing to public mischief)and 506 (1)(Punishment for criminal intimidation). The Madras High Court on Monday initiated suo moto action against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Secretary H Raja for his derogatory remarks against the judiciary and ordered him to appear before the court. A bench of Justice CT Selvam and M Nirmal Kumar ordered Raja to appear before the court within four weeks after a group of advocates brought to the court's attention the remarks made by Raja. The directive came minutes after a bench comprising of Justice H Ramesh and Justice K Kalyanasundaram refused to initiate suo moto proceedings and told the advocates to file a contempt petition before the court. A video of H Raja engaging in a heated argument had gone viral on social media. The BJP leader could be seen strongly objecting to the court's order. he questioned why there was a ban on putting up a stage to address cadres and that they were against the Hindus. He will court arrest, he could be heard saying in the video. Police sources said that Raja was not given permission for taking a specific route due to communally sensitive nature of the village but he insisted on going through that route and to address cadres on stage.]]>
