{"id":46398,"date":"2017-01-03T06:38:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T01:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46398"},"modified":"2017-01-03T06:38:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T01:08:03","slug":"madras-hc-closes-suit-filed-sasikala-pushpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-closes-suit-filed-sasikala-pushpa","title":{"rendered":"Madras HC &#8216;closes&#8217; suit filed by Sasikala Pushpa"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44276\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44276\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-disposes-plea-classical-status-non-tamil-languages\/madras-hc-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?fit=274%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"274,184\" 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=\"madras hc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?fit=274%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?fit=274%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44276 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?resize=274%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Madras HC 'closes' suit filed by Sasikala Pushpa\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?w=274&amp;ssl=1 274w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madras HC &#8216;closes&#8217; suit filed by Sasikala Pushpa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Madras High Court today &#8220;closed&#8221; a civil suit filed by Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa, who has been expelled from the AIADMK, seeking to restrain the party from appointing late chief minister J Jayalalithaa&#8217;s aide V K Sasikala as party General Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Justice K Kalyanasundaram had on December 23 reserved his orders on an application by filed AIADMK Presidium Chairman E Madhusudanan seeking rejection of the plea of Pushpa and her husband.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing AIADMK&#8217;s application, the judge said, &#8220;In view of allowing the application, the suit filed by Sasikala Pushpa and her husband stands closed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pushpa had submitted in her suit that the basic eligibility criteria to contest the election for the post of AIADMK general secretary was that the contestant must have been a primary member of the party continuously for five years, a norm Sasikala did not fulfil.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madras High Court today &#8220;closed&#8221; a civil suit filed by Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa, who has been expelled from the AIADMK, seeking to restrain the party from appointing late chief minister J Jayalalithaa&#8217;s aide V K Sasikala as party General Secretary. 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