A petition was filed on Monday in Madras High Court seeking a direction to the HC Registrar General to initiate contempt proceedings against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Electricity Minister Arcot N Veerasamy and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary K Anbazhagan for a speech allegedly attacking judges and the judiciary over certain cases sub-judice in the court.
The public interest litigation filed by advocate R K Venkatesh was yet to be numbered.
In his PIL, Venkatesh said newspaper reports revealed the ire of the chief minister, Veerasamy and Anbazhagan over verdicts in some cases and some pending cases. Parties to any proceedings could not make a remark or comment on it as the court