HC to commence hearing election petitions challenging victory of various MLAs
The Hindu
Justice V. Bharathidasan would be hearing the first three petitions.
The Madras High Court is all set to commence hearing from Monday several election petitions that had been filed in the court in the last two months challenging the victory of candidates from various constituencies in the Assembly elections held this year in Tamil Nadu as well as Puducherry. Justice V. Bharathidasan would be hearing the first three petitions challenging the victory of DMK MLA M. Nagathiyagarajan from Neravy-T.R. Pattinam constituency in Karaikal, Congress MLA S. Palani Nadar from Tenkasi constituency and BJP MLA Vanathi Srinivasan from Coimbatore South constituency. AIADMK candidate S. Selva Mohandas Pandian who had lost to Mr. Nadar by a thin margin of 370 votes had approached the court, through his counsel B. Arvind Srevatsa, seeking recounting of postal votes as well as the Electronic Voting Machine votes that were counted between rounds 28 to 30 in Tenkasi constituency.
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