Chennai, Feb. 12 -- In what could be seen as a setback for AIADMK General Secretary and
Tamil Nadu former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), the Madras High Court on Wednesday lifted the stay granted by it and allowed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to
proceed with the petitions on the intra-party disputes arising out the leadership row.
A Division Bench of Justices R Subramanian and G Arul Murugan directed that the ECI should first satisfy itself that there existed a dispute after which only it could proceed further on the matter.
The ECI should consider the representations strictly in accordance with the parameters of
Paragraph 15 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, before proceeding fur...