Madras HC relief for EPS in plea challenging election as gen secy

Civil court had dismissed ex-CM's plea seeking rejection of the case

- R SIVAKUMAR @Chennai

IN a shot in the arm to AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami, the Madras High Court on Thursday set aside a civil court's order regarding a petition filed in that court challenging his election as the party's general secretary in 2022.

The court also rejected the petition filed in the civil court by Suriyamoorthy of Dindigul, who claimed to be a member of the AIADMK, challenging Palaniswami's election as general secretary by the members of the AIADMK general council instead of all the primary members of the party.

Justice PB Balaji, who passed the order to allow the civil revision petition filed by EPS challenging the civil court's order, rejected Suriyamoorthy's plaint, stating that he did not have the locus to file the plea since he was no longer an AIADMK member.