The Madras High Court on Thursday asked the state chief secretary and the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board chairman to consider a plea not to transmit and supply electricity to M A Chidambaram Stadium for holding this year's IPL matches at Chennai.
Published: Mar 29, 2012, 11:32 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 29, 2012, 11:32 PM (IST)
Petitioner A Benitto contended that Tamil Nadu could not afford power for the matches when people were struggling due to power crisis © Getty Images
Madurai: Mar 29, 2012
The Madras High Court on Thursday asked the state chief secretary and the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board chairman to consider a plea not to transmit and supply electricity to M A Chidambaram Stadium for holding this year’s IPL matches at Chennai.
Petitioner A Benitto, a lawyer, had contended that Tamil Nadu could not afford power for the matches when people were struggling due to power crisis.
Instead of benefiting a few thousand of audience, the power could be used for the benefit of students, industrialists, factories, production units, manufacturers, exporters and medical units, he said.
He also charged the Centre with adopting step-motherly treatment towards Tamil Nadu by not easing the power shortage.
Disposing of the petition, a division bench comprising justices Chitra Venkataraman and R Karuppiah issued directions to the respondents to consider the representation and pass orders on or before April 4. (PTI)
