The Election Petition Against Udhayanidhi Stalin filed by an independent candidate will now go forward, with the Madras High Court dismissing the DMK leader’s preliminary applications and directing him to file his written statement within four weeks. Chennai: In the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Assembly constituency, DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin polled 62,992 votes in the 2026 Tamil Nadu […]
The Madras High Court directed the Election Commission of India to furnish election records relating to Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin to an unsuccessful candidate seeking to challenge the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni election result. The Court held that delaying access to documents cannot defeat a candidate’s statutory right to file an election petition.
