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Election Case: Former MLA Isakki Subbaiah's Petition Dismissed by Chennai High Court
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News18•01-10-2026, 11:09
Election Case: Former MLA Isakki Subbaiah's Petition Dismissed by Chennai High Court
- •The Chennai High Court dismissed the petition filed by former Ambasamudram MLA Isakki Subbaiah, seeking to quash the election case against him.
- •Isakki Subbaiah, who won the Ambasamudram constituency on an AIADMK ticket, later resigned and joined the Thavaka party.
- •Voter Gandhimathinathan had filed an election petition challenging Isakki Subbaiah's victory.
- •Justice P.P. Balaji rejected Subbaiah's plea to dismiss the election case but allowed the removal of certain alleged paragraphs from the petition.
- •The dismissal of Subbaiah's petition is significant as a public interest litigation against holding by-elections for the Ambasamudram constituency is currently under investigation.
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Justice P.P. Balaji dismissed Isakki Subbaiah's petition seeking to quash the election case filed against him by voter Gandhimathinathan.
The judge accepted Isakki Subbaiah's request to remove specific paragraphs containing allegations from the election case petition and ordered their removal.
Isakki Subbaiah contested on behalf of AIADMK in the Ambasamudram constituency and won by a margin of 10,245 votes against Congress candidate V.P. Durai.
