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- The Madras High Court rejected a challenge by AIADMK whip Agri S.S.
- Krishnamurthy against an amendment to a legislative resolution concerning the Mekedatu dam project.
- The petitioner claimed the amendment was added without sufficient debate after members had already supported an initial version.
- The Advocate General provided video evidence showing the Speaker put the amended resolution to a vote which passed unanimously.
- The court upheld the legislative proceedings after verifying that no objections were raised in the House.
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Agri S.S. Krishnamurthy
AIADMK whip
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“the amendment, which urges the Centre to constitute a tribunal for resolving the inter-State dispute regarding Mekedatu dam, was not debated at all in the House and that it was introduced at the last moment after almost all the members of the House had expressed their unanimous support to the unamended resolution circulated to them a day before the proceedings.”
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…in the House by Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar and passed uananimously, after no Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) raised any objections. AIADMK whip’s plaint The AIADMK whip had approached the court complaining that the amendment, which urges the Centre to constitute a tribunal for resolving the inter-State dispute regarding Mekedatu dam, was not debated at all in the House and that it was introduced at the last moment after almost all the members of the House had expressed their unanimous support to the unamended resolution circulated to them a day before the proceedings. He said that Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay had agreed to carry out the amendment at the request of the Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and such amendment ought to have been debated before being passed as…
Vijay Narayan
Advocate General
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“it was only the amended resolution that was put to vote and none of the members, including the writ petitioner, raised any objection at that point of time.”
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…video clips of the request made by the Leader of the Opposition to carry out the amendment, its acceptance by the Chief Minister, and the amended resolution having been put to vote by the Speaker. He told the court it was only the amended resolution that was put to vote and none of the members, including the writ petitioner, raised any objection at that point of time. Published - September 23, 2026 11:24 am IST…
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Named India · Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly · Agri S.S. Krishnamurthy · All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · C. Joseph Vijay · G. Arul Murugan · J.C.D. Prabhakar · Madras High Court · Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari · Udhayanidhi Stalin · Vijay Narayan
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