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DMK MLA Markandeyan's Victory Challenge Dismissed by High Court!
- •Petition filed to declare DMK MLA Markandeyan's victory from Vilathikulam constituency invalid.
- •Vimaladevi, a voter from Vilathikulam, filed the petition in the Chennai High Court.
- •Allegation: Markandeyan failed to disclose details of assets purchased in his wife's name in his nomination papers.
- •The petition was heard by the bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arulmurugan.
- •Judges ruled the case was not maintainable and allowed the petitioner to withdraw it, warning against bending the law.
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Vimaladevi filed a petition in the Chennai High Court seeking to declare DMK MLA Markandeyan's victory invalid because he allegedly failed to disclose property assets purchased in his wife's name within his nomination papers. Despite petitions being submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu and the Governor requesting his removal from office, no action was taken on the matter.
The Madras High Court bench comprising Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arulmurugan dismissed the petition after stating that the case was not maintainable. When the petitioner requested permission to withdraw the case to file it as an election petition instead, the judges questioned the attempt to bypass the specific time limit and warned of severe penalties before allowing the withdrawal.
G.V. Markandeyan was arrested by the Thoothukudi District Crime Branch police on July 20, 2026, following a complaint that he made derogatory and threatening remarks against Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay during a DMK public meeting. He was subsequently granted conditional bail by the Madras High Court.
