The New Indian Express ·
Poll petition against ex-AIADMK MLA’s win binned by Madras HC
CHENNAI: Holding that the election petitioner failed to establish the allegations of corrupt practices against the winner, the Madras High Court has rejected an election petition seeking to nullify the victory of S Jayakumar, who had switched to TVK from AIADMK after resigning the post, in the Perundurai Assembly constituency.
Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy passed the orders on applications filed by Jayakumar seeking to reject the election petition.
The election petition was filed by Thoppu Venkatachalam @ ND Venkatachalam, who had contested as a DMK candidate but recently quit the party. Apart from seeking to nullify Jayakumar’s victory, he had also prayed for declaring him the winner.
