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Supreme Court reverses Madras HC ban stopping TVK MLA from floor test
Politics
Published on 13 May 2026
SC calls the High Court move unusually improper
The Supreme Court stayed a Madras High Court order that barred TVK MLA R Sreenivasa Sethupathi from participating in a floor test. The apex court said the High Court’s intervention was unusual. Sethupathi had narrowly won his seat over a DMK candidate, and after the legal setback, the Tamil Nadu government went on to secure its vote of confidence.
- Supreme Court stayed a Madras High Court order against a TVK MLA
- SC criticized the High Court’s action as unusually improper
- Sethupathi had narrowly defeated a DMK leader
- Tamil Nadu government later won its vote of confidence
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