HC junks plea against Dhinakaran's election from RK Nagar

In a relief to rebel AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran, the Madras High Court today upheld his election from the R K Nagar assembly constituency.

Justice G Jaichandran dismissed an election petition filed by an independent candidate, M L Ravi seeking the court's order to declare Dhinakaran's election as "null and void."
Rejecting the plea, the judge said "this court finds that the averments put forth in the election petition lacks material facts to form triable issues..."
Citing a Supreme Court order, the judge said he(Dhinakaran) should not be dragged to contest and "defend vague allegations based on reports of social media and press without any substantive and corroborative materials."