New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to forthwith release Savukku Shankar, who is a vocal critic of the ruling DMK and a YouTuber. Shankar was detained under the Goondas Act within days of quashing his previous detention.
A. Kamala, mother of Shankar represented by advocates Balaji Srinivasan, K Gowtham Kumar, and Harsha Tripathi, had challenged the validity of a fresh order of detention passed on August 13 against him, within days of quashing of previous similar order of detention by the Madras High Court.
Senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Siddharth Luthra, representing the Tamil Nadu government, informed a bench comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that the advisory board has opined that the impugned order of detention be revoked.
"Mukul Rohatgi and Siddharth Luthra, the senior counsel appearing for the State of Tamil Nadu, upon instructions, made a statement that the Advisory Board has opined that the impugned order of detention be revoked," the bench noted in its order.