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, …
CHENNAI: Assembly Speaker M Appavu appeared in person at the additional special court for MP/MLA cases on Friday in connection with a defamation case filed against him by AIADMK spokesperson Babu Murugavel. During the previous hearing, the counsel representing Babu had apprised the court that the speaker had deliberately failed to appear before the court even after being issued a …