The Madras High Court asked the Tamil Nadu Police to release Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Udhayanidhi Stalin. He had been arrested earlier in the day for purportedly derogatory remarks about Chief Minister Vijay and actor Trisha Krishnan. The leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly had made the alleged remarks at a protest rally in Thanjavur a day prior. The All India Institute for Medical Sciences told the Supreme Court that jailed religious leader Asumal Harpalani, also known as Asaram Bapu, does not need to be hospitalised for treatment. On June 30, the Supreme Court rejected Asaram’s bail plea, saying that it would consider granting it only if there was a grave medical necessity, “such as danger to life”.