Chennai, June 17 -- The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered issuance of notices to the concerned parties and adjourned to June 29, the petition filed by Opposition AIADMK against Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar accepting the resignation of four Rebel AIADMK legislators, who joined joining the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of Chief Minister Vijay, when disqualification proceedings were pending against them for voting in favour of the government in the trust vote in violation of the whip.

When the petition filed by AIADMK Whip and former Minister S S Agri Krishnamurthy was taken up for hearing, the First Bench, comprising Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan, while rejecting the prayer to restrain th...