India, May 12 -- The Madras High Court in an interim order on Tuesday restrained Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) candidate Seenivasa Sethupathi, who won from the Tiruppattur constituency in Tamil Nadu assembly elections, from participating in the state legislative assembly, floor test and confidence motion on May 13.

A bench of justices L Victoria Gowri and N Senthil Kumar in an interim order, restrained Sethupathi following a dispute over a postal ballot from the Tiruppattur assembly constituency.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the court on Monday that the poll body had no jurisdiction to act on Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader KR Periyakaruppan's complaint over a disputed postal ballot after the declaration of result...