Chennai, Aug. 15 -- In compliance with the Supreme Court order while dismissing his plea
challenging the Tamil Nadu government naming a new welfare scheme after Chief Minister
M K Stalin, senior AIADMK leader and former Law Minister C Ve Shanmugam has paid the
Rs ten lakh cost imposed on him to the state government.
Mr Shanmugam, also a Rajya Sabha MP, paid the amount to the Tamil Nadu government
last evening in line with the court directive, an official release said.
The State government said this amount would be utilised to benefit the people of Kalvarayan
hills in Kallakurichi district under the Nalam Kaakkum Stalin programme.
It may be recalled that a three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice
B.R. Gavai all...