Can EC adjudicate on AIADMK poll, asks EPS in HC plea

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to show its jurisdictional powers to adjudicate on representations challenging the party's organisational polls and disputes.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Chennai

Senior counsel Aryama Sundaram, appearing for Palaniswami, made the submission before a division bench of Justices R Subramanian and G Arul Murugan in the case filed for seeking to restrain the commission from doing quasi-judicial adjudication on the representations submitted by certain persons, including former MPs P Ravindranath and KC Palanisamy, who sought the ECI not to acknowledge the amendments made in the party's bylaws and the consequent election of EPS as the general secretary.

The court had temporarily restrained the ECI from proceeding with the matter.