CHENNAI: A GO dated August 11 this year of the Home Secretary, by which 25 special courts have been constituted to exclusively try land grabbing cases in the State, was challenged in the Madras High Court, on Thursday.The first bench comprising Chief Justice MY Eqbal and Justice TS Sivagnanam, before which the public interest writ petition from advocate P Ganesan of Anna Nagar came up for hearing today, referred the matter to the Special Bench comprising Justice KN Basha and Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, before which the writ petitions challenging the earlier GO dated July 28 this year, which constituted special land grabbing cells, were pending. The petition sought to declare the GO as ultra vires and violative of various constitutional provisions and to strike down the same.Petitioner contended that when more than 390 offences were available in the IPC, which endangered the society, human body, religion, public health, safety, morality, public justice and independent rights, there was no reasonable classification in constituting such special courts for exclusive trial of land grabbing cases alone.
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