Madras High Court refuses to pass ex-parte interim order against AIADMK’s general council resolutions

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The Madras High Court on Friday refused to pass an ex-parte interim order against the resolutions adopted by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general council meet on July 11, 2022 expelling former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam from the partys primary membership and appointing Edappadi K Palaniswami as its interim general secretary...

Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy told senior counsel Guru Krishnakumar, representing expelled leader P.H. Manoj Pandian who had moved a civil suit, that he was not inclined to pass an interim injunction, restraining the party from giving effect to the resolutions, without hearing the party and Mr. Palaniswami...

The judge directed advocate Gowtham Kumar to take notices on behalf of AIADMK and Mr. Palaniswami who were represented by senior counsel Vijay Narayan and C.S. Vaidyanathan respectively and make sure that their counter affidavits were served on Mr. Pandians counsel S. Elambharathi at least two days before the next hearing on March 17...

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