Sivaji statue status to be known in a week

Chennai: The Madras high court on Wednesday adjourned by a week a contempt petition filed in connection with removing of a statue of the late Sivaji Ganesan from a busy road junction.

Earlier the division bench comprising justices Satish K. Agnihothri and K K Sasidharan had adjourned the petition filed by P. Nagarajan, enabling government pleader S. T. .S. Moorthy to get instructions and file an affidavit by Wednesday.. When the matter came up, the bench adjourned the matter for a week on the request of Advocate General A L Somayaji. The contempt petition was filed in connection with the implementation of the HC order in connection with the writ filed with regard to removing of the statue.