Chennai, Nov. 4 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to fulfill the long pending demand of setting up a Supreme Court Bench in Chennai.

In a Demi-Official letter to the Prime Minister, he urged him to take up the issue afresh with the Supreme Court to reconsider its earlier stand finding no justification in this and obtain a favourable decision, considering the importance of Chennai among the South Indian states.

VIjay said establishment of a Supreme Court Bench in Chennai will reflect the true federal character of our Nation, the recommendation of the Standing Committees of Parliament in the years 2004, 2006, 2008 and recently in 2021; Law Commissions peports reiterating the nee...