Chennai, Nov. 11 -- The Madras High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking safeguards to prevent police from registering FIRs against political leaders and activists for making critical comments against the government on social media.

The court directed the state government to file its reply within two weeks.

During the hearing, Additional Public Prosecutor Arun Anbumani informed the court that the state government was in the process of formulating a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in this regard.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief is expected to chair a key party meeting today.

All TVK MLAs have been summoned to attend a...