Cyclone Michaung has delayed by a day, the verdict to be delivered by the Madras High Court on three appeal suits as well as a civil revision petition filed by V.K. Sasikala in 2022, claiming a right over the post of AIADMK general secretary.
A Division Bench of Justices R. Subramanian and N. Senthilkumar were scheduled to deliver the verdict on Monday, December 4, 2023 but the day ended up being declared a holiday for all courts in Chennai on account of incessant rains coupled with gusty winds due to the Cyclone.
After the death of the party’s general secretary Jayalalithaa on December 5, 2016, then presidium chairman E. Madhusudhanan called for an emergent general council meeting on December 29, 2016 when it was decided to appoint Ms. Sasikala as an interim general secretary. She assumed office the next day but ended up going to jail on February 17, 2017 after the Supreme Court convicted her in a disproportionate assets case. Thereafter, factional disputes arose in the party leading to the initiation of proceedings before the Election Commission of India.
