Court will decide whether the reports are merely recommendatory or binding upon govt.
A Full Bench (comprising three judges) of the Madras High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a reference made to it by a Division Bench in July 2017 for answering whether the reports of the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) were merely recommendatory in nature or if they would be binding upon the State government.
Justices S. Vaidyanathan, V. Parthiban and M. Sundar deferred their judgment after hearing marathon arguments advanced by a battery of lawyers since February 17 this year. Over 40 advocates made their submissions before the Bench.
Additional Solicitor General R. Shankaranarayanan, Additional Advocate General Narmadha Sampath, Central Government standing counsel M.P. Jaisha and advocate R. Srinivas represented the Centre, the State government, the National Human Rights Commission…