Chennai, July 7 -- The Madras High Court today dismissed petitions filed by senior
AIADMK Leader and former Minister Natham R Viswanatha seeking to reject the election
petition filed by the DMK.
Ms Justice P.T. Asha dismissed the applications filed by Viswanathan seeking to reject the
election petition filed by R. Andiambalam of DMK.
The election petition challenged the election of Viswanathan as MLA from Natham constituency
in 2021 on various grounds, including corrupt practice of bribery of voters.
Holding that the election petition contains sufficient grounds for proceeding to trial, the Court
dismissed Natham Vishwanathan's plea to reject the election petition.
Richardson Wilson, Advocate appeared for the DMK candidate R. Andia...