AIADMK’s expelled leader O. Panneerselvam on Thursday argued that a single judge of the Madras High Court had “misapplied” the test of balance of convenience while refusing to interfere with his expulsion despite finding a prima facie case of infraction of the party’s bylaws in having expelled him without issuing a show cause notice of seven days.
Appearing before the third Division Bench of Justices R. Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq, Senior Counsel P.S. Raman wondered how the single judge could have determined that the balance of convenience was in favour of the party just because it feared that the inclusion of Mr. Panneerselvam and three of his supporters, who too had been expelled, would be detrimental to
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