India, Oct. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Tamil Nadu assembly Speaker's decision to drop disqualification proceedings against a section of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lawmakers for backing C Joseph Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government in the trust vote in May. It observed that the AIADMK condoned their action and a challenge could not be maintained at the behest of an "interloper".

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana dismissed the plea of lawyer PV Selvakumar, who claimed to be an AIADMK member. Selvakumar moved the Supreme Court after the Madras High Court turned down his petition challenging the Speaker's Jun...