The Madras High Court on Thursday rejected an election petition filed last year against the victory of former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam from the Bodinayakannur Assembly constituency on the ground that he had allegedly suppressed the true assets and liabilities of his wife, while filing nominations.
Justice V. Bharathidasan held that there was absolutely no suppression or misrepresentation by Mr. Panneerselvam and that the allegations levelled against him by a voter, P. Milany, were baseless. Allowing an application to reject the plaint, the judge said there was no necessity to conduct trial on the election petition.
“This court is of a considered view that the election petition does not disclose a cause of action and fails to give rise to triable issues. It is only liable to be rejected,” the judge wrote after being convinced with the arguments advanced by senior counsel AR.L. Sundaresan, on behalf of the former Chief Minister.
