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Madras High Court Seeks Election Commission Response on Allegations of Children Used in Election Influence

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Chennai, May 21 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) had used children to influence voters during the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.A division bench of Justices G.R. Swaminathan and V. Lakshminarayanan heard the petition filed by advocate Vasuki and raised questions regarding the legal implications of alleged el…

Madras High Court to Hear Urgent Petitions on Cash Inducements in Tamil Nadu Elections

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Chennai, April 16 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday agreed to take up two urgent writ petitions on Friday alleging distribution of cash-linked inducements by candidates of the DMK and the AIADMK ahead of the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The division bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan permitted an urgent hearing after submissions by advocate A.P. Suryaprakasam, who has moved the court against several DMK candidates. The bench also ind…

TVK Raises Concerns Over Security Arrangements for Actor-Politician Vijay

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Chennai, April 1 (IANS) The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has written to the Union Home Ministry alleging inadequate security arrangements for its President, actor-turned-politician Vijay, during his ongoing election campaign in Tamil Nadu. The development has triggered controversy after the letter reportedly mentioned the name of a serving Governor instead of a current Union Home Ministry official.In its communication addressed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the party claimed that despite V…

Former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Asserts Legal Representation of PMK in Court Battle

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Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) Former Union Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday told the Madras High Court that he alone legally represents the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and that the group rallying behind party founder and his father Dr S. Ramadoss was merely a breakaway faction that could not be recognised as the party. The assertion was made during the hearing of a writ petition filed by Dr Ramadoss seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Of…