Madras High Court Temporarily Restrains O Paneerselvam From Using AIADMK Party Name, Flag, Symbol And Letterhead

Justice N Satish Kumar allowed the plea for interim injunction filed by the party General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswami. Though Advocate Rajalakshmi, appearing for OPS informed the court that he had moved the Supreme Court challenging the order upholding his expulsion and appointment of EPS as the General Secretary and thus urged the court to grant some time, the court noted that OPS had failed to obtain a favorable order so far.

Edappadi had approached the court contending that even after expulsion from the party, OPS continued to claim himself to be the coordinator of the party. EPS informed the court that the High Court had already upheld OPS’s expulsion from the party and even the Election Commission had recognized EPS to be the General Secretary of the party. Thus, EPS claimed that OPS was confusing the cadres by portraying himself to be the party coordinator and using the party name, symbol, flag, etc.

Senior Advocate Vijay Narayan, appearing for EPS, submitted that on two previous occasions, OPS had sought time to file a counter but no counter had been filed to date. He also urged the court to grant an interim injunction considering the fact that the Lok Sabha elections were to be held in few months.

The court was thus inclined to grant interim injunction and posted the matter to November 30 for further hearing.

Case Title: Edappadi Palaniswami v O Paneerselvam

Case No: OA 787 of 2023 And CS 181 of 2023