Chennai, June 17 -- The Madras High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Tamil Nadu Speaker JCD Prabhakar seeking reply to petitions challenging the acceptance of four AIADMK MLAs' resignations. The first bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan has further adjourned the hearing to June 29.

The petitions were filed by AIADMK Chief Whip Agri SS Krishnamurthi, who alleged that Speaker Prabhakar failed to conduct an inquiry before accepting the resignations.

The petitioner highlighted that the tendering of resignation letters, their acceptance by the Speaker, the induction of the legislators into the TVK party, and the official notification of the vacant seats all occurred on the same day. Consequently, notices h...