The AIADMK’s expelled leader, O. Panneerselvam, suffered yet another setback on Thursday, with a Division Bench of the Madras High Court dismissing his appeal challenging a single judge’s November 7, 2023 order restraining him from using the party’s flag, election symbol and letterhead.
Justices R. Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq said the single judge had granted the interim injunction, at his discretion, only for a limited period. Hence, such an order would not fall under the definition of the term, ‘judgment,’ found in the Letters Patent, to be assailed through an appeal.
The judges agreed with senior counsel Vijay Narayan, representing AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami who was the respondent in the appeal, that the only remedy available to Mr. Panneerselvam was to file an application before the single judge for vacating the interim injunction.
