Supreme Court agrees to hear DMK petition regarding TVK leaders

…Constitution and Section 80 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which categorically states that an election to a parliamentary or Assembly constituency can be challenged only by way of an election petition. Entertaining a “cleverly and artfully” drafted writ petition to set aside an election would lead to the “opening of a pandora’s box,” ECI had said. Advocate Sibal had argued that the present case did not stem out of any constitutional or statutory provision but a 2024 Supreme Court judgment, in the case of Association for Democratic Reforms versus…

…5, 2026. Stalin had also told the court that he had come across serious anomalies in the functioning of the EVM sets during the verification, including an instance where one of the units failed to recognise his name. “ Whether Your Lordships give me relief or not is another matter, but this must be investigated. What’s the explanation for this? ” he asked. Further, Sibal argued that the petitioner could not have been expected to file an election petition within the prescribed 45-day period when the ECI itself had delayed the verification process. The…

…flash protest, later released - 10:04 PM IST, August 4DMK leader slams TVK govt as ‘circus camp’ - 10:02 PM IST, August 4DMK leader dismisses allegations, said he spoke in ‘single meaning’ - 9:35 PM IST, August 4‘ Did not insult women, Vijay using diversion tactic ,’ says Udhayanidhi - 9:14 PM IST, August 4‘Both comment and detention unwarranted,’ says Karti Chidambaram - 8:42 PM IST, August 4Udhayanidhi leaves from Sengipatti police station after questioning, crowd of supporters…

…camp’ - 10:02 PM IST, August 4DMK leader dismisses allegations, said he spoke in ‘single meaning’ - 9:35 PM IST, August 4‘Did not insult women, Vijay using diversion tactic,’ says Udhayanidhi - 9:14 PM IST, August 4‘ Both comment and detention unwarranted ,’ says Karti Chidambaram - 8:42 PM IST, August 4Udhayanidhi leaves from Sengipatti police station after questioning, crowd of supporters welcome DMK leader - 8:20 PM IST, August 4DMK workers burst firecrackers outside…