Latest News | TN Minister Ordered to Pay Fine for Not Appearing Before Court

Udhagamandalam (TN), Feb 20 (PTI) The district court here on Monday imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Tamil Nadu Tourism Minister K Ramachandran and two others for not appearing before it, pertaining to a case.

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The case was that there was a clash between DMK and AIADMK cadres during the elections to the Cantonment Board vice president post at Wellington in 2013.

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The windowpanes of the office were broken during the clash and there was fisticuff between the workers. The Cantonment authorities lodged a complaint against the parties and the case was going on in the court.

Despite summons, Ramachandran and two candidates failed to appear before the court and District Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate P Murugan imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the trio.

The court ordered them to pay the amount to Siddhagiri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Trust at Yedapalli located in the Nilgiris district.

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