Justices R Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq ordered notice returnable by a week and refused to grant stay on the gag order of the single judge issued last December. Advocate D Nagasaila, appearing for Arappor Iyakkam, said the single judge had gone beyond the scope of the defamation plea to pass a blanket order against the NGO. She also said the judge made unwanted observations on the probability of Palaniswami’s role in the irregularities in awarding the tender.  

The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to AIADMK interim general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami seeking reply to an appeal filed by Arappor Iyakkam challenging a single judge’s  order restraining it from making statements against him over alleged irregularities in awarding highways tender during his tenure. Justices R Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq ordered notice returnable by a week and refused to grant stay on the gag order of the single judge issued last December.

 

Advocate D Nagasaila, appearing for Arappor Iyakkam, said the single judge had gone beyond the scope of the defamation plea to pass a blanket order against the NGO. She also said the judge made unwanted observations on the probability of Palaniswami’s role in the irregularities in awarding the tender.

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