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Madras High Court to Deliver Verdict on Resignation of Six AIADMK MLAs Today
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News18•13-10-2026, 08:30
Madras High Court to Deliver Verdict on Resignation of Six AIADMK MLAs Today
- •The Madras High Court will pronounce its verdict on petitions challenging the Speaker's decision to accept the resignations of six AIADMK MLAs.
- •The affected legislators include Maragatham Kumaravel, Sathyabama, Isakki Subbaiah, Jayakumar, MR Vijayabhaskar, and C Vijayabhaskar.
- •Petitioners alleged that resignations were accepted without proper inquiry while disqualification proceedings were pending against the MLAs for voting in support of the TVK government.
- •TVK candidates P Sathyabhama and K Maragatham Kumaravel subsequently won the by-elections in Dharapuram and Maduranthakam constituencies respectively.
- •Chief Minister Joseph Vijay hailed the by-election victories as a historic rejection of money-power politics and a win for principled democracy.
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The Madras High Court is set to pronounce its verdict on petitions challenging Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar's decision to accept the resignations of six AIADMK MLAs, who resigned while disqualification proceedings were pending against them.
Disqualification proceedings were filed against the six MLAs because they allegedly voted in support of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government in violation of the official party whip.
TVK candidates K Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabhama won the by-elections in Maduranthakam and Dharapuram respectively, re-contesting under the whistle symbol and retaining their seats with significant margins.
