The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea by AIADMK advocates wing joint secretary M Babu Murugavel challenging an order that quashed the defamation complaint against Tamil Nadu assembly speaker M Appavu. A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S V N Bhatti refused to intervene in an order of the Madras High Court dated October 25, 2023, …
While refusing to entertain AIADMK's Babu Murugavel's challenge to quashing of a defamation complaint against Tamil Nadu Speaker M Appavu, the Supreme Court today observed that imputation in respect of political leaders crossing-over from one party to another can't be said to be defamatory.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti was dealing with Murugavel's challenge to a Madras. …
Tamil Nadu Speaker M Appavu has approached the Madras High Court to quash a defamation complaint filed against him by AIADMK Official Spokesperson Babu Murugavel. Appavu argues that the complaint is untenable as it was filed out of political motives and that Murugavel's complaint is not maintainable as he was not the President or General Secretary of the AIADMK party.
