Chennai, July 21 -- The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered issuance of fresh notice, returnable by two weeks, to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK Founder Vijay challenging his election from Perambur constituency in the recent Assembly polls.
Vijay was elected from two seats--Perambur in Chennai and Tiruchy East. However, he chose to retain the Perambur seat and resigned from Tiruchy East following which it was notified as vacant.
Vijay was elected from Perambur with a margin of 53,715 votes. He polled 1,20,365 votes, while his nearest rival, R.T.Sekar of the DMK, received 66,650 votes.
The election result has been challenged by R.T. Sekar, along with voters Dinesh and Lakshmi Narasimhan, who filed separate election petitions in the Hi...