AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami has expressed his inability to come to the Madras High Court premises to provide evidence in a 2019 defamation suit filed by him against journalist Mathew Samuel and others, for having linked his name with the 2017 Kodanad heist-cum-murder case.
Stating that he was now the Leader of the Opposition and therefore, the litigants may have to face hardships because of security protocols to be followed during his presence before the Master’s court inside the High Court premises, he urged the court to appoint an Advocate Commissioner to record the evidence at his official residence in Chennai.
Justice N. Sathish Kumar directed the High Court Registry to list the application, filed for appointment of advocate commissioner, for hearing on Friday since advocate S. Manuraj, representing the defendants in the civil suit, sought time to respond to the application filed by the plaintiff though his counsel S.R. Rajagopal.
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