The Madras High Court has stated that nobody should be allowed to promote divisive ideas or hold meetings advocating the elimination of any ideology. The court has also questioned the lack of police action against DMK ministers and officials who attended a meeting in September where there were calls to "eradicate" Sanatan Dharma.

Justice G. Jayachandran made this statement in an order dated October 31, where he declined to instruct the Chennai police to grant permission for a gathering aimed at "eliminating Dravidian ideology."

The meeting was reportedly organized as a response to the September 2 gathering, during which Udhayanidhi Stalin, the son of Chief Minister MK Stalin and a DMK minister, had called for the "eradication" of Sanatan Dharma.

In his judgment, Justice Jayachandran stated that the co-existence of multiple and diverse ideologies is what defines this country. He emphasized that courts cannot be expected to support those who seek to promote ideas that generate hostility among the public. The judge also criticized the fact that some members of the ruling party and ministers participated in a meeting aimed at eradicating Sanatan Dharma, and he pointed out that the lack of police action against them amounts to a failure of duty on the part of the police.

The judge noted that permission had been requested for a meeting aimed at countering the call to oppose Sanatan Dharma by focusing on the Dravidian ideology.