AIADMK planning to move HC as third party
The Hindu
It will challenge court’s judgment quashing the acquisition of Jaya’s residence by State Govt.
With the State Government yet to reveal its position on the Veda Nilayam case, the AIADMK is planning to go on appeal as a “third party”, challenging the Madras High Court’s recent judgment of quashing the acquisition by the Government of the Poes Garden residence of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, for its conversion into a memorial.
Asked about the party’s locus standi to challenge the High Court’s verdict in the light of AIADMK co-coordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s statement, former Law Minister and a member of the party’s legal advisory committee C.Ve. Shanmugam said on Tuesday: “We can appeal against the judgment as a third party with the leave of the court.”
[In July 2020, when the AIADMK was in power, the Government officially acquired the Veda Nilayam for turning it into a memorial].