Bill direct attack on autonomy of legal career: M K Stalin | India News

CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin fired one more salvo on the Union govt on Sunday alleging the Advocates Amendment Bill 2025 was a direct assault on the autonomy of the legal career.
In a social media submit on Sunday, Stalin mentioned although the Union govt was compelled to withdraw the draft invoice because of ‘spontaneous protests and strong opposition,’ there was a rider that the invoice can be reconsidered and processed afresh.
“This is condemnable. The DMK demands the total withdrawal of this Bill and appeals to the Union govt to respect the autonomy of the legal profession,” Stalin mentioned within the submit.
Stalin’s attack on Centre comes within the backdrop of a political slugfest between DMK and the BJP-led Union govt over New Education Policy (NEP). Stalin has been alleging that NEP is not going to be carried out in TN because it imposes Hindi and intrudes into the state’s schooling coverage.
Scaling up the attack on the BJP, Stalin mentioned the Advocates Amendment Bill was additionally towards Tamil.
“The BJP’s aversion to Tamil is evident in this Bill, as it wants to rename the Bar Council of TamilNadu and Puducherry as the Bar Council of Madras. TN is not just a name; it is our identity,” Stalin mentioned.
He mentioned the BJP govt has been systematically undermining the independence of the judiciary since 2014 when it got here to energy. This was accomplished first by attempting to hijack judicial appointments by way of the National Judicial Appointments Commission after which by ignoring the collegium’s suggestions for judicial appointments and transfers, he mentioned.
“Now, by seeking control over bar councils, it aims to weaken judicial independence,” he added.
Earlier, Stalin mentioned Tamil Nadu is shedding out to different states within the delimitation train because of inhabitants management. Speaking at a wedding perform of a DMK functionary right here, Stalin mentioned that TN was in a disadvantageous place because of its environment friendly implementation of inhabitants management measures as much less inhabitants means fewer parliamentary seats within the delimitation train. Nevertheless, he urged folks to restrict the quantity of their youngsters.
He additionally reiterated that TN is not going to undertake the three language coverage even when it means shedding out ₹10,000 crore.