Supreme Court orders status quo on AIADMK row
New Delhi, July 29
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Madras High Court to decide in three weeks the petitions filed by O Panneerselvam (OPS) and others against the July 11 AIADMK general council meeting in which OPS was expelled from the party for alleged anti-party activities.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana asked both rival factions of AIADMK, led by OPS and Edappadi Palaniswamy (EPS), to maintain status quo with regard to party affairs.
The July 11 AIADMK meeting did away with dual-leadership in the party and chose EPS as its interim general secretary. Noting that courts can’t interfere with internal functioning of political parties, the SC had on July 6 stayed the Madras High Court’s June 23 order restraining the AIADMK councils from passing unannounced resolutions on the issue of single leadership of the party.
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