CHENNAI: A writ petition seeking to set aside the National Counter Terrorism Centre Organisation, Functions, Powers and Duties) Order, 2012, has been made in the Madras High Court. A division bench comprising Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and N Kirubakaran, before which the public interest writ petition from advocate S Vijayalakshmi came up on Wednesday, referred the matter to the Registry for placing it before the first bench led by Chief Justice MY Eqbal.Her counsel Manikandan Vathan Chettiar, among other things, contended that no consultation with the stake-holders was done before passing the Order. Nine Chief Ministers, including TN CM J Jayalalithaa, had objected to the Order. But, the Centre had not even considered them, petitioner added.
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