Applications by O. Panneerselvam and three other expelled leaders, challenging the party’s resolutions that abolished the posts of coordinator and joint coordinator and revived the post of general secretary, were rejected; however a Division Bench has agreed to hear, on Wednesday, an urgent appeal against this order
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 rejected all interim applications filed by AIADMK expelled leaders O. Panneerselvam, P.H. Arvindh Pandian, R. Vaithilingam and J.C.D. Prabhakar, challenging the July 11, 2022 party general council resolutions as well as the party’s consequent general secretary election.
Justice K. Kumaresh Babu held that he did not find any ground to entertain the applications that had urged the court to restrain the party from implementing the resolutions which abolished the posts of Coordinator and Joint Coordinator, and decided to revive the post of general secretary, to be elected by primary members.
The plaintiff had also challenged a special resolution through which they were expelled from primary membership of the party and a subsequent notification, issued on March 17 this year, for the conduct of a party election for the post of general secretary.
The first round of litigation, initiated by Mr. Panneerselvam last year before the Madras High Court had ended in February this year with the Supreme Court upholding the validity of the convening of the July 11 general council meet.