Setback for Dhinakaran as Madras HC upholds disqualification of 18 TN MLAs

In June, the Madras High Court had delivered a split verdict in the case relating to disqualification of 18 MLAs, an order that will allow the present status quo to continue

Justice M Sathyanarayanan, the Supreme Court-appointed third judge of Madras High Court, on Thursady upheld the validity of Tamil Nadu Speaker’s September 18, 2017, order disqualifying 18 AIADMK MLAs in Tamil Nadu. 

The Ruling faction of AIADMK, led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami hailed the high court's decision, while Dhinkaran said that he would discuss further course of action with the 18 MLAs.

In September last year, while the then Chief Justice of the Madras HC Indira Banerjee had declined to interfere with the order of the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal, owing to her allegiance to