Tamil Nadu Today: Vijay chairs Cabinet meeting ahead of Budget
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay chaired a Cabinet meeting to discuss the upcoming state budget. The report also covers legal developments, including a Madras High Court ruling on promotions for government servants and police arrests related to illegal soil transport.
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Details of the upcoming State Budget were discussed during the Tamil Nadu Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at the Secretariat in Chennai today (July 16, 2026).
Speaking to reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Law Minister R. Nirmalkumar said strict action would be taken against those responsible for the death of remand prisoner S. Sabari Varman in Nagercoil and in cases of prison or lock-up deaths, the government would firmly stand by the victims.
A government servant facing corruption charges cannot seek promotion as a matter of right just because his/her name had been included in the promotion panel prepared much before the framing of charges in departmental proceedings, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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