The Supreme Court on January 19 provided relief to AIADMK party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami by staying a Madras High Court order, which had restored defamation proceedings initiated against him by expelled AIADMK leader and former MP K.C. PalanisamI.
A Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta ordered an ad-interim stay of the High Court order of November 28 last year.
The High Court had set aside a Chennai court order, passed in August 2023, dismissing the defamation complaint filed by Mr. PalaniswamI against the former Chief Minister.