Legislative privilege versus free speech: SC may not hear on merits after TN Assembly says resolution was withdrawn
India's Supreme Court indicated it may not examine the substantive issues in a case concerning legislative privilege versus free speech after the Tamil Nadu Assembly asserted that a 2003 resolution had been withdrawn the following year. Senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, representing the Assembly, informed a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant of the withdrawal, prompting the court's procedural stance.