Chennai, Oct. 13 -- In a setback for the opposition AIADMK which was already beset with a series of defections, the Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker JCD.Prabhakar's decision accepting the resignation of six AIADMK Rebel MLAs, who had quit the party later joined the ruling TVK of Chief Minister Vijay.
Passing orders on a plea filed by AIADMK Whip S.S.Krishnamurthy and Desiya Makkal Katchi leader M.L.Ravi seeking to quash the Speaker's orders accepting their resignations, the First Bench of Chief Justice S.A.Dharmadhikari and Justice G.Arul Murugan also directed the Speaker to decide on the disqualification proceedings in respect of four Rebel MLAs -- of whom two of them already gotre-elected on TVK ticket in t...