HC orders issue of notice to govt pleader

The Madras High Court today took suo motu of a news item published in a Tamil daily and ordered issue of notice to Government Pleader S T S Murthi on behalf of secretaries of Home, Social Welfare and Commissioner of Police.
The court comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M M Sundreh gave the order on when Nasurullah, an advocate, mentioned about the news item on the death of a differently abled person during a protest by differently abled persons.
The bench also directed the Government Pleader to file status report by March 1.