Chennai, Oct. 13 -- Bhartiya Janta Party's (BJP) former state president K Annamalai and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) treasurer T.R. Balu appeared before the Saidpet court in Chennai today, in regard to a defamation case filed by Balu against Annamalai.

The case dates back to Annamalai's release of the DMK Files, which listed the assets of T.R. Balu and other DMK leaders, allegedly making false claims about Balu's ownership of 21 companies.

T.R. Balu had appeared in the court before and testified for about an hour and a half. The case is being heard by Magistrate Senthil Kumar.

Paul Kanagaraj, Annamalai's lawyer, had earlier cross-examined Balu. The case was adjourned to October 13, and it is expected that the cross-examination of Ba...