The Madras High Court on Friday directed AIADMK general secretary and Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami to come to the High Court premises on January 30 and 31 to give evidence in a defamation suit filed by him against journalist Mathew Samuel.
Justices R. Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq issued the direction after his counsel S.R. Rajagopal told the court his client was a law abiding citizen and was willing to appear before the Master court, inside the High Court buildings, to give evidence.
The counsel urged the court to fix a date after Pongal and the ensuing Legislative Assembly session for the appearance of his client. The judges recorded the submission and disposed of an appeal filed by the journalist against an order passed by a single judge of the High Court.
