The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) dismissed a challenge raised by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Member of Parliament C.Ve. Shanmugam to naming a Tamil Nadu Government outreach programme, ‘Ungaludan Stalin’, after the Chief Minister as “misconceived” and an “abuse of law”.
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A three-Judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai dismissed the pending case instituted by Mr. Shanmugham in the Madras High Court with costs of ₹10 lakh, which he has to pay the Tamil Nadu Government for the purpose of use in the State’s welfare programmes.
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The Bench set aside a Madras High Court order, passed in Mr. Shanmugham’s petition, imposing “sweeping restrictions” on the Tamil Nadu Government from naming State welfare schemes after “any living personality”. The DMK party had appealed the High Court’s July 31 restraining order in the Supreme Court.
