Madurai: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Tuesday disposed a PIL seeking renaming of Madurai airport after veteran freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar.
The division bench, consisting of Justice R Sudhakar and Justice VM Velumani, directed the director general of civil aviation of the Union civil aviation ministry to consider the matter and pass appropriate order on it.
The PIL was filed by Desiya Forward Block president B T Arasakumar.
The petitioner's counsel said Thevar donated all his land to the freedom struggle and fought for the right of people of the SC community to enter the Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai.His statue had also been installed in the Parliament to honour him.
Read news in full 19/08/15 Times of India
The division bench, consisting of Justice R Sudhakar and Justice VM Velumani, directed the director general of civil aviation of the Union civil aviation ministry to consider the matter and pass appropriate order on it.
The PIL was filed by Desiya Forward Block president B T Arasakumar.
The petitioner's counsel said Thevar donated all his land to the freedom struggle and fought for the right of people of the SC community to enter the Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai.His statue had also been installed in the Parliament to honour him.
Read news in full 19/08/15 Times of India
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