The Tamil Nadu government Tuesday filed a plea in the Supreme Court against the Madras High Court's order of permitting RSS to conduct a route march across the state.
The state government, through its counsel Joseph Aristotle contended that allowing such a march could cause a law and order issue and other problems in view of intelligence reports.
The decision by the State against the march was within reasonable restrictions on the fundamental rights under Article 19 (2) of the Constitution to maintain public order, it said.
The state government cited reports related to apprehension for disturbance of public peace in view of the ban on the Popular Front of India in September 2022.
A two-judge bench of Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq of the Madras High Court, had earlier this month in its order allowed the RSS plea, and permitted it to take out its route march in Tamil Nadu.
The High Court had also noted that the State must uphold the citizens' right to freedom of speech and expression.
The court had also directed the RSS to file fresh applications for carrying out the route march on three different dates. It had also directed the Tamil Nadu police to permit the RSS to take out route marches on any of such dates in various districts across the state on public roads.
The HC had also allowed the RSS members to wear their uniform and play its musical band during the marches throughout Tamil Nadu.