NEW DELHI, May 12 (ANI) — entity[“people”,”Srinivasa Sethupathi”,”Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam MLA”], an MLA from entity[“political_party”,”Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam”,”India”], has moved the entity[“organization”,”Supreme Court of India”,”India”] challenging an interim order issued by the entity[“organization”,”Madras High Court”,”India”] restraining him from participating in Tamil Nadu Assembly proceedings.
Sethupathi won the Tirupattur Assembly constituency by a margin of one vote against DMK leader and minister entity[“politician”,”Periyakaruppan”,”Tamil Nadu politician”].
The plea was mentioned before a bench led by Chief Justice of India entity[“people”,”Surya Kant”,”Chief Justice of India”] by Senior Advocate entity[“people”,”Abhishek Manu Singhvi”,”Senior Advocate and Indian politician”] at approximately 2:45 p.m.
The petition, filed through advocates Dixita Gohil, Pranjal Agarwal, Rupali Samuel, and Yash S. Vijay, was accepted by the court and is scheduled to be heard on May 13.
The development follows a Madras High Court order issued earlier Monday restraining the TVK MLA from participating in Tamil Nadu Assembly proceedings, including the vote of confidence.
The High Court’s decision came in response to a petition filed by Periyakaruppan, who sought to prevent Sethupathi from assuming office as an MLA over allegations involving a postal ballot discrepancy.
According to the complaint, a postal ballot intended for Tirupattur Constituency No. 185 was allegedly transferred to Tirupattur Constituency No. 50 in Vellore district.
The High Court, in its interim order, directed that Sethupathi should not participate in the Assembly confidence vote.
Periyakaruppan approached the High Court after alleging that the entity[“organization”,”Election Commission of India”,”India”] failed to act on the complaint.
The Election Commission stated that under existing rules, no action is required if complaints regarding postal ballot discrepancies are received after the commencement of vote counting. It also maintained that no postal vote had been transferred to another constituency.
However, the High Court observed that there was sufficient evidence supporting the complaint filed by Periyakaruppan.
The court further directed that all postal ballots connected to the matter be securely preserved. It also ordered the preservation of related video footage.
The Madras High Court order has now been challenged before the Supreme Court. (ANI)
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