EPS appears in court in a defamation case
Hindustan TimesThe leader of opposition in Tamil Nadu assembly and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday appeared before the Egmore metropolitan magistrate court in a defamation suit filed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Dayanidhi Maran. EPS appeared before the 13th Metropolitan Magistrate, who adjourned the case to June 27 In his defamation complaint, Maran submitted that EPS, during the election campaign, made statements that he didn’t use 75% of his MP funds and hence defamed him. Maran filed the defamation case under section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, stating that EPS on April 15 had defamed him while campaigning for the Chennai Central candidate from his ally- Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam. Maran had warned EPS that if he did not issue an apology within 24-hours, he would file a criminal defamation case.
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