{"id":40965,"date":"2016-01-18T09:49:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T04:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40965"},"modified":"2016-01-18T09:49:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T04:19:01","slug":"karunanidhi-appears-before-tn-court-in-a-defamation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/karunanidhi-appears-before-tn-court-in-a-defamation-case","title":{"rendered":"Karunanidhi appears before TN court in a defamation case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40966\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Karuna-nidhi.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40966\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/karunanidhi-appears-before-tn-court-in-a-defamation-case\/karuna-nidhi\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Karuna-nidhi.jpg?fit=740%2C742&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"740,742\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Karuna nidhi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Karuna-nidhi.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Karuna-nidhi.jpg?fit=640%2C642&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40966 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Karuna-nidhi.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Karunanidhi appears before TN court in a defamation case\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Karuna-nidhi.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Karuna-nidhi.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Karuna-nidhi.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Karuna-nidhi.jpg?w=740&amp;ssl=1 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karunanidhi appears before TN court in a defamation case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amid high drama, wheelchair-bound DMK supremo M Karunanidhi today appeared before a city court in connection with a defamation case filed against him by arch rival and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.<\/p>\n<p>Principal Sessions Court Judge N Audinathan took about a minute to record the appearance of 92-year-old Karunanidhi, a former chief minister, who came along with his lawyers and adjourned to March 10 hearing in the defamation case.<\/p>\n<p>Karunanidhi&#8217;s son and party Treasurer M K Stalin, daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi besides senior party leaders T R Baalu, Dayanidhi Maran, Duraimurugan and Arcot Veerasamy, were also present.<\/p>\n<p>The court premises was jampacked with over 1,500 party workers and DMK lawyers thronging it. Police had a tough time in controlling the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The rare court appearance by the DMK President just months ahead of Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu is seen as a shot in the arm for the party by its cadres.<\/p>\n<p>Principal Sessions Judge N Audhinathan had last month directed Karunanidhi to appear before the court on January 18 in connection with an alleged defamatory article published in the party mouthpiece &#8220;Murasoli&#8221; in November about the AIADMK government&#8217;s four-year rule.<\/p>\n<p>Karunanidhi said justice will prevail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;..I have nothing new to say. Justice will prevail, and people should unite behind justice,&#8221; he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that defamation cases are filed for &#8220;anything you mention about the state government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the defamation cases filed by the state government, Karunanidhi said even the Supreme Court had a few months ago made a mention on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>In reply to a question on whether the DMK should unite with other political parties in fighting defamation cases filed by the state government, Karunanidhi said he would not compel anyone to do so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is for them whether they want to take any such decisions. I will abide by that,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about his message to the people of Tamil Nadu, he said people of the state must unite forgetting the political differences for the progress of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The court had also summoned Murasoli&#8217;s Editor, Printer and Publisher S Selvam to appear on the same day in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>The issue pertains to Karunanidhi quoting from an article in Tamil bi-weekly Ananda Vikatan&#8217;s November 25, 2015 issue on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Writing in party mouthpiece &#8216;Murasoli&#8217;, the DMK chief had cited the article which had made a critical assessment of the AIADMK government&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid high drama, wheelchair-bound DMK supremo M Karunanidhi today appeared before a city court in connection with a defamation case filed against him by arch rival and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. 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