Disqualified Aiadmk Legislators

The 18 disqualified AIADMK legislators will not appeal against the Madras High Court's order upholding Tamil Nadu Speaker P Dhanapal's order disqualifying them, said their camp leader TTV Dhinakaran.

After the disqualification of 18 AIADMK legislators, their rooms at the lawmakers' Hostel in Chennai have been sealed and the individuals have been asked to settle pending dues. A notice from Assembly Secretary K Srinivasan put up on their rooms also asks them to take their belongings in the presence of an Under Secretary (Hostel Administration) af...

The ruling AIADMK said 18 disqualified legislators can re-join the party on one condition -- they must "kneel" and "apologise" at the memorial of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The 18 legislators were disqualified after they sided with rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, following a power tussle within the party after death of the f...

The 18 disqualified AIADMK legislators on Friday decided to approach the Supreme Court against the Madras High Court order upholding their disqualification by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal last year.

The Madras High Court today upheld the disqualification of 18 lawmakers loyal to ousted party leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran. Last year, the assembly Speaker had disqualified the lawmakers invoking the anti-defection law after they wrote to the governor seeking the removal of Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS.

The Madras High Court has upheld the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision disqualifying the 18 AIADMK legislators from the assembly. The verdict is a big win for Chief Minister E Palaniswami, whose government's survival depended on the verdict - there was a possibility that Palaniswami government could have fallen if the rebel legislators had voted again...

In yet another case of 'resort politics' in Tamil Nadu, most of the 18 disqualified legislators of the ruling AIADMK have been moved to a hotel at the waterfall town of Courtrallam in the Tirunelveli district, about 600 kilometres from Chennai.

A divided verdict on whether 18 rebel AIADMK lawmakers should stay disqualified translated into big relief today for the minority Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister E Palaniswami. Two Madras High Court judges couldn't agree, which means the rebels remain disqualified for now and Mr Palaniswami, also known as EPS, will not face a test of st...

The Madras High Court will deliver its verdict on the disqualification of 18 legislators in September by Tamil Nadu assembly speaker P Dhanapal today. The disqualified legislators, in a letter to then governor C Vidyasagar Rao, had withdrawn support to Edappadi K Palaniswami while making it clear that they were not withdrawing their support to the ...

The Madras High Court today adjourned to November 2 a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision last month to disqualify 18 legislators of the ruling AIADMK loyal to VK Sasikala, who has been evicted by the party as its chief. The court had last month refused to stay Speaker P Dhanapal's order, but said the seats of the disqualified le...

The Madras High Court today continued its stay on a floor test in the Tamil Nadu Assembly after hearing a hearing a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision last month to disqualify 18 legislators of the ruling AIADMK loyal to VK Sasikala, who has been evicted by the party as its chief. The case gas been adjourned to next Monday. Tod...

Eighteen lawmakers of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK loyal to sacked chief VK Sasikala have been disqualified in a move that indemnifies Chief Minister E Palaniswami, should he face a trust vote.

The 18 disqualified AIADMK legislators will not appeal against the Madras High Court's order upholding Tamil Nadu Speaker P Dhanapal's order disqualifying them, said their camp leader TTV Dhinakaran.

After the disqualification of 18 AIADMK legislators, their rooms at the lawmakers' Hostel in Chennai have been sealed and the individuals have been asked to settle pending dues. A notice from Assembly Secretary K Srinivasan put up on their rooms also asks them to take their belongings in the presence of an Under Secretary (Hostel Administration) af...

The ruling AIADMK said 18 disqualified legislators can re-join the party on one condition -- they must "kneel" and "apologise" at the memorial of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The 18 legislators were disqualified after they sided with rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, following a power tussle within the party after death of the f...

The 18 disqualified AIADMK legislators on Friday decided to approach the Supreme Court against the Madras High Court order upholding their disqualification by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal last year.

The Madras High Court today upheld the disqualification of 18 lawmakers loyal to ousted party leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran. Last year, the assembly Speaker had disqualified the lawmakers invoking the anti-defection law after they wrote to the governor seeking the removal of Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS.

The Madras High Court has upheld the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision disqualifying the 18 AIADMK legislators from the assembly. The verdict is a big win for Chief Minister E Palaniswami, whose government's survival depended on the verdict - there was a possibility that Palaniswami government could have fallen if the rebel legislators had voted again...

In yet another case of 'resort politics' in Tamil Nadu, most of the 18 disqualified legislators of the ruling AIADMK have been moved to a hotel at the waterfall town of Courtrallam in the Tirunelveli district, about 600 kilometres from Chennai.

A divided verdict on whether 18 rebel AIADMK lawmakers should stay disqualified translated into big relief today for the minority Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister E Palaniswami. Two Madras High Court judges couldn't agree, which means the rebels remain disqualified for now and Mr Palaniswami, also known as EPS, will not face a test of st...

The Madras High Court will deliver its verdict on the disqualification of 18 legislators in September by Tamil Nadu assembly speaker P Dhanapal today. The disqualified legislators, in a letter to then governor C Vidyasagar Rao, had withdrawn support to Edappadi K Palaniswami while making it clear that they were not withdrawing their support to the ...

The Madras High Court today adjourned to November 2 a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision last month to disqualify 18 legislators of the ruling AIADMK loyal to VK Sasikala, who has been evicted by the party as its chief. The court had last month refused to stay Speaker P Dhanapal's order, but said the seats of the disqualified le...

The Madras High Court today continued its stay on a floor test in the Tamil Nadu Assembly after hearing a hearing a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision last month to disqualify 18 legislators of the ruling AIADMK loyal to VK Sasikala, who has been evicted by the party as its chief. The case gas been adjourned to next Monday. Tod...

Eighteen lawmakers of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK loyal to sacked chief VK Sasikala have been disqualified in a move that indemnifies Chief Minister E Palaniswami, should he face a trust vote.