The Madras High Court has issued notices in multiple election petition cases challenging the validity of Assembly election results, directing the concerned winners to submit their responses within three weeks.
In one of the key matters, a petitioner named Milani has moved the court seeking to declare invalid the victory of DMK candidate Udhayanidhi Stalin from the Chepauk–Thiruvallikeni constituency. Similar petitions have also been filed against the wins of Thalavai Sundaram (AIADMK, Kanniyakumari), Vijay Thamu (TVK, Royapuram), A. Chandran (DMK, Kulithalai) and V. Muthuraja (DMK, Pudukkottai).
Justice G. Arul Murugan heard these five petitions and ordered Udhayanidhi Stalin, Thalavai Sundaram, Vijay Thamu and others to file their replies within three weeks, adjourning the cases thereafter.
In another set of petitions, Justice N. Senthilkumar issued directions for replies and adjourned the matters for three weeks in cases challenging the wins of M.R. Vijayabaskar and C. Vijayabaskar (AIADMK, who won from Karur and Viralimalai and later resigned), as well as Leema Rose Martin (AIADMK, Lalgudi), S. Palanisamy (AIADMK, Tirukoilur), R. Lakshmanan (DMK, Villupuram) and C. Sivakumar (PMK, Vikravandi).
Separately, Justice D. Govindarajan Tilagavathi passed similar orders in petitions against the victories of P. Haribaskar (AIADMK, Anthiyur), K. Ravi Manoharan (AIADMK, Palani), R. Rameshkumar (TVK, Avadi), C.V. Ganeshan (DMK, Tittakudi), Karunanidhi (DMK, Kovilpatti) and Abhishek (TVK, Polur), granting three weeks for responses and posting the cases after that period.
