Terming him a “habitual offender involved in committing offences against the government”, the Tamil Nadu government on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging a Madras High Court order rejecting two-day police custody of folk singer S. Kovan.

Kovan was arrested in Tiruchirapalli on October 30 and charged with sedition, uploading defamatory video content against Chief Minister Jayalalithaa causing “hatred and disaffection towards the government”.