Chennai (PTI): Stung by the unprecedented violence outside the Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sundaynight threatened to go on a fast from his hospital bed if lawyers and police fail to find an 'amicable solution' hours after the advocates announced indefinite boycott of courts.
"Whether I need to go on fast is based on the decision you take," he said, adding the date for the fast would be announced later.
In a statement here, the DMK supremo said police and lawyers should erase the 'bitterness' that has cropped up following the violent clashes.
Hardening their stand against the police in the aftermath of the violence, lawyers associations in Tamil Nadu resolved to boycott all courts indefinitely ignoring calls by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan to return to work. They also demanded the dismissal of the state and city police chiefs.
Sunday's developments came a day after the Madras High Court directed the city police to name on whose authority its force entered the court and lathicharged lawyers that left many injured and property destroyed.
A Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice S J Mukhopadhaya and Justices V Dhanapalan and K Chandru at a special sitting last night directed Chennai Police Commissioner and the Joint Commissioner (North) to give specific names and designations of police personnel at whose instance the action took place.
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