They have also questioned the locus standi of the petitioners to seek transfer of the writ petitions from the Madras High Court by alleging that they are merely busy body and are interested in publicity.
20288 of 2011 titled T. Suthendraraja Santhan v. Union of India and others and Writ Petition No.
20289 of 2011 titled A.G. Perarivalan Arivu v. Union of India and others which are pending before the Madras High Court to this Court.
The petitioners in the second case have also pleaded that the main question raised in the writ petitions pending before the High Court is identical to the question raised in the cases of Devender Pal Singh Bhullar and Mahendra Nath Das, which are pending before this Court.
The mercy petitions filed by the writ petitioners were rejected by the President of India on 11.8.2011.
The writ petitioners and some others were companyvicted by the Special Judge for offences under Section 302 read with Section 120B IPC and Sections 3, 4 and 15 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act, 1987 for short, TADA and were sentenced to death.
Thereafter, they filed three writ petitions, of which particulars have been mentioned hereinabove, for quashing the rejection of the petitions filed by them under Article 72 of the Constitution on the ground of violation of the principles laid down in various judgments of this Court including T.V. Vatheeswaran v. State of Tamil Nadu 1983 2 SCC 68, Sher Singh v. State of Punjab 1983 2 SCC 344, P. Mohammed v. State of Kerala 1984 Supp.
The Government of Tamil Nadu and some of the private respondents have companytroverted the petitioners assertion that the atmosphere in the State is highly surcharged and fair hearing of the writ petitions filed by the companyvicts is number possible in the Madras High Court.
The appeals filed by them were dismissed by this Court vide judgment reported as State v. Nalini 1999 5 SCC 253.
They have pleaded that there is numberimpediment in the hearing of the writ petitions by the Madras High Court and the same should number be transferred merely because similar issue is pending before this Court.
The petitioners have sought transfer of the writ petitions by asserting that hearing thereof in the Madras High Court may number be possible in companygenial atmosphere because of the agitation launched by different political outfits, extremist groups and lawyers and also because thousands of people gathered in the High Court premises and raised slogans outside and inside the Court premises.
L. K. Venkat and Javid Iqbal and others have filed these petitions for transfer of Writ Petition No.
20287 of 2011 titled V. Sriharan Murugan v. Union of India and others, Writ Petition No.
