AIADMK GC meet: Madras HC adjourns hearing on O Panneerselvam' plea

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing into a plea by AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam seeking to stall the party’s 11 July General Council meet. Justice Krishnan Ramaswamy posted the matter for Thursday, for want of the Supreme Court order copy over a related case. The apex court had earlier in the day stayed a HC order which restrained passing of any unannounced resolutions in the meeting of the 23 June AIADMK general and executive councils concerning the issue of single leadership of the party. The general council is the party’s highest decision-making body. OPS had earlier filed a civil suit in the HC requesting the court to pass an order of ad-interim injunction restraining the respondents , including Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) from convening the GC meet on an anonymous notice dated 1 July, 2022 pending disposal of the suit. In a fallout of the single leadership demand in the party, the dominant EPS faction has said Panneerselvam ceased to be the Coordinator and the former the joint coordinator following the 23 June general council meet. The EPS faction has also summoned the next GC on 11 July, ostensibly to elect Palaniswami as the single leader that day. Convening that meet is illegal and in contravention to the bye laws of the party, surreptitiously maneuvered by respondents including Palaniswami and Presidium Chairman A Tamil Magan Hussain, Panneerselvam had said in his plea. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.