India, Oct. 14 -- The Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar accepting the resignations of six AIADMK MLAs, who later joined the ruling TVK.

The first bench, comprising Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan, in a petition filed by AIADMK whip Agri SS Krishnamurthy, challenging the Speaker's decision, gave the ruling, upholding the decision of Prabhakar.

The bench directed the Speaker to decide on the petition from AIADMK whip Krishamurthy to Speaker Prabhakar seeking disqualification of MLAs S Jayakumar, Maragatham Kumaravel, P Sathyabama and Esakki Subaya within two months.

S Jayakumar, Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama, elected from Perundurai,...