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Tuesday, May 4, 2021,
Chennai
The DMK stormed back to power in Tamil Nadu after a gap of 10 years, with its president M K Stalin set to take over as chief minister on May 7 at a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. The DMK-led front won 159 of the 234 seats up for grabsin the April 6 elections, counting for which was taken up on May 2 and 3, 2021. The AIADMK had to bow out of power, coming down from 134 in the previous House to just 66 now. Edappadi Palaniswami submitted his resignation as chief minister.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018,
New Delhi
The Supreme Court has refused to transfer the case of disqualification against AIADMK MLAs supporting T T V Dinakaran. A petition was filed by disqualified MLAs supporting Dinakaran seeking to transfer the case from the Madras High Court to the Supreme Court. However, the court said the case could be transferred to a new judge, Justice M Sathyanarayana, replacing Justice S Vimala.
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Monday, June 18, 2018,
Chennai
Seniormost judge in the Madras High Court, after Chief Justice Indira Banerjee, Huluvadi G. Ramesh, has nominated Dr Justice S Vimala, Judge of Madras High Court as the third judge to hear the AIADMK MLAs disqualification case.
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Thursday, June 14, 2018,
Chennai
Seniormost judge in the Madras High Court, after Chief Justice Indira Banerjee, Huluvadi G. Ramesh, will nominate the third judge to hear the AIADMK MLAs disqualification case.
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Thursday, June 14, 2018,
Chennai
The Madras High Court gives a split verdict in the AIADMK MLAs disqualification case. Chief Justice Indira Banerjee, in her order, upheld disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs but Justice M Sundar quashed the disqualification in his order. The case will now be heard by a third judge.
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Monday, April 17, 2017,
New Delhi
AIADMK (Amma) Deputy General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran has been booked by Crime Branch of Delhi Police following the arrest of a middleman from a five-star hotel in Delhi on Sunday, April 16, 2017. The FIR was filed for allegedly bribing the middleman to get the Election Commission to allot the Two Leaves symbol allotted to his faction.
