Madras High Court dismisses case against amendments made to AIADMK's constitution

The judges said the ECI could not be expected to interfere with the internecine issues of every party and find out whether its rules and regulations had been followed scrupulously

The Madras High Court on September 20 dismissed a writ petition which sought to quash an order passed by the Election Commission on May 4, 2018 accepting the amendments made to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (AIADMK) constitution in the party general council meet held on September 12, 2017.

Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu held that the ECI's acceptance of the amendments, to the party rules, did not appear to be out of order since such acceptance was just a ministerial act performed on receipt of communications from authorised representatives of political parties.

The judges said the ECI could not be expected to interfere with the internecine issues of every party and find out whether its rules and regulations had been followed scrupulously. Still, if the petitioner had any grievance, he could approach the civil court seeking appropriate remedy against the party, the first Division Bench said.