No unannounced resolutions to be taken up at AIADMK general council meeting, says Madras HC; OPS camp jubilant
India Today
The Madras High Court has ruled that no unannounced resolutions can be taken up at the AIADMK general council meeting on June 23. This restrains the camp, led by joint coordinator Edappadi Palaniswami, from initiating any move to take over as the single leader.
The Madras High Court, on Thursday, ruled that no unannounced resolutions could be taken up at the meeting of the AIADMK general and executive councils. This restrains the camp led by joint coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) from initiating any move over the single leadership issue.
The meeting of the main opposition party's general council, its highest decision-making body, is slated at a marriage hall in Vanagaram, near Chennai.
In a late-night hearing that stretched till early Thursday, a special division bench of Justices M Duraiswamy and Sundar Mohan granted relief to party co-ordinator O Panneerselvam at a special sitting at the senior judge's residence, on an appeal against a single judge order.
As per the latest order of the bench, the meeting can take place as scheduled and the already decided 23 resolutions can be taken up and adopted. No other new resolutions touching upon making amendments to party bye-laws to abolish co-ordinator and joint co-ordinator posts and restoring the general secretary post to pave the way for a single leadership shall be taken up.
It was a day of events providing contrasting jubilation for party leaders and their cadres. Around 9 pm on Wednesday, Justice Krishnan Ramaswamy, in his brief order, permitted the meeting, but refrained from restraining the EPS group from taking up any other fresh resolutions, which would ultimately result in unitary leadership.
The aggrieved group met Chief Justice MN Bhandari and obtained his permission to prefer an appeal against the order of the single judge. The CJ nominated Justice Duraiswamy and Sundar Mohan as the judges to make a special sitting and hear the appeal.
Accordingly, the bench sat at the senior judge's residence and commenced the hearing around 1 am and passed its orders around 4 am today, which effectively led to joy and jubilation in the OPS camp.
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