Raghu has been charged with murder and conspiracy.
This one relates to an attack on a former official of the Kanchi Mutt, G Radhakrishnan, and two others in September 2002.
'He will always live in the hearts of the millions of children who have studied in schools and colleges established by him and the faithful Hindus to whom he was a symbol of the invincible spirit of glorious Hindu Dharma,' says Tarun Vijay.
There is evidence that Sankararaman had more resentment towards the junior seer, his brother Raghu and Sundaresa Iyer than the senior seer, the judge said.
Besides the seer, seven others have been named in a complaint recently lodged by an employee of the temple at Tiruvarur.
'We shall not see the like of Kalaignar again, and our nation is poorer without his wise statesmanship, and his dedication to our country and our people,' she said.
Days after his ouster as Puducherry's Lt Governor, Virendra Kataria on Friday claimed he was removed because he exposed corruption in the Union Territory government.
The Kanchi seer has moved the Principal Sessions Court in Chennai for anticipatory bail, apprehending arrest in another case.
The summons has been issued in connection with a case registered against columnist S Gurumurthy for misleading the investigation.
Defence counsel Jethmalani said the Shankaracharya was denied his fundamental right under Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution.
The Kanchi seer should resign to protect the respect and dignity of the post occupied by him, he said.
There are indications that the Modi dispensation was disinclined to bring the VHP into the temple-mosque frame.
The police questioned two Kanchi Mutt officials in connection with the assault on former Mutt official Radhakrishnan
M N Krishanmani, the Kanchi Shankaracharya's lawyer, believes Jayendra Saraswati is the victim of personal vendetta.
'Till last year they said everybody should abide by the court's verdict. This year, they turn around and say it can't be decided [by the court]. Why?' asks Yusuf H Muchhala, member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
The Big B received the award from Shankaracharya of Kanchi.
The 'Tamil Thai Vaazhthu', an invocation, is only a prayer song and not a National Anthem and hence, there is no need for every one to remain in standing posture when it is rendered, the Madras High Court bench here has ruled.
'There are several minds which are polluted by certain groups and people who get pleasure in creating tension and war in the country, and these people are handpicked for spreading terror.'
In his application, Vijayendra said he apprehended arrest following the alleged confessional statements made by Appu and Ravi Subramaniam, both accused in the case.
If you had to defuse the ticking time bomb, how would you do it?
The hearing was adjourned after public prosecutor K Duraisamy sought time on the ground that Supreme Court lawyer Tulsi could come to the court only on Monday to reply to additional citations put forward by the seer's counsel.
Justice A K Rajan reserved his orders on Saturday on the petition filed by the seer.
Dharnas, rallies and fast are the means through which the protest is being expressed.
'The Shankaracharya's supporters are shooting the messenger. What is Jayalalithaa's fault? Is it that she has allowed law to take its own course? Is she not supposed to?' asks Tamil Nadu government counsel, K T S Tulsi.
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'So what on earth were TN authorities thinking when they staged that arrest? There is something that doesn't add up in this case.'
The Babri Masjid Action Committee meeting was held against the backdrop of the apex court recently asking parties involved to sit together and arrive at a consensus on the issue, which has been dragging on for decades.
"Let them hear us, we are prepared. But we are not ready for out-of-court settlement," Jilani said.
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