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Top Court Order Says VK Sasikala, Supporters Have No Connection With AIADMK: Minister
The Supreme Court has given a verdict that expelled All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) VK Sasikala and her supporters have no connection with the party, said Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar on Friday.
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Delhi High Court Verdict On AIADMK Name, Symbol Likely Today
The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce on Thursday its verdict on TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala's pleas challenging the Election Commission's (EC) decision recognising the group led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami as the real AIADMK party and allotting it the "two leaves" symbol.
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Court Reserves Verdict On TTV Dhinakaran's Plea On Party Symbol
The Delhi High Court today reserved its verdict on TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala's pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to recognise the group led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami as the real AIADMK party and allotting it the ''two leaves'' symbol.
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Court Upholds Disqualification of 18 Rebel AIADMK Legislators: Highlights
The Madras High Court has upheld the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision disqualifying the 18 AIADMK legislators from the assembly. The verdict is a big win for Chief Minister E Palaniswami, whose government's survival depended on the verdict - there was a possibility that Palaniswami government could have fallen if the rebel legislators had voted again...
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Setback For AIADMK Rebels As Top Court Turns Down Transfer Appeal
The disqualified lawmakers of Tamil Nadu will have to wait for a verdict on their appeal of reinstatement. The Supreme Court today turned down their appeal to transfer the case out of the Madras High Court, which gave a split verdict earlier this month and then referred it to a third judge. The top court has named a judge in the Madras High Court t...
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2 AIADMK Camps Fight For Symbol In Election Commission. Verdict Today
The battle for the AIADMK's 'two leaves symbol" is in the home stretch. The Election Commission is likely to decide today which of the two camps that lay claim to J Jayalalithaa's political legacy - the one led by led O Panneerselvam or the other presided over by VK Sasikala serving time in a Bengaluru jail - should get the election symbol.
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Declare Jayalalithaa A Convict In Corruption Case, Karnataka Appeals To Supreme Court
The Karnataka government moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking a review of its verdict that did not rule on Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's role in the disproportionate assets case. The state argued that it would be impossible to recover the 100 crore penalty imposed by the court unless she too was held guilty.
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Sasikala Had A Rough Night, Says Party, Was Refused All Requests In Jail
VK Sasikala, prisoner number 9234 at Bengaluru's Central jail, had a hard time last night, said a leader of her party, the AIADMK. Denied the privilege of home food and other facilities, she had refused dinner on Wednesday night and slept on the floor. She could not sleep and was restless, the leader said. The jail had served her two rotis, one rag...
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Governor Meets Teams Sasikala And Panneerselvam. Decision Awaited
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao heard competing pitches tonight from within the ruling party of Tamil Nadu over who should be Chief Minister. However, sources said he will not disclose a decision tonight on which faction of the AIADMK should take a shot at proving its leader should be head of the government.
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Expect Invitation To Form Government Today, Says Team Sasikala: 10 Facts
A team led by Edappadi Palanisamy, handpicked by VK Sasikala as the AIADMK's presumptive Chief Minister, met Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Wednesday evening and said it expects him to invite them today to form government in the state. The Governor later met O Panneerselvam, who too has staked claim to the top post. Ms Sasikala has reached...
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'What Does Immediately Mean?' Supreme Court Snaps At VK Sasikala's Team
The Supreme Court has made it clear that VK Sasikala, convicted for corruption yesterday, needs to make herself available immediately to be jailed. "You know the meaning of the word immediately?" a judge snapped when her lawyer asked for her to be allowed some time to surrender, citing health reasons.
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Sasikala, Asked To 'Surrender Now', Heads To Bengaluru By Road: 10 Points
Time up, VK Sasikala must surrender in Bengaluru right away, the Supreme Court has told the AIADMK chief, whose lawyers appealed for more time. Ms Sasikala is still in Chennai and will travel the 345 km to Bengaluru by road today escorted by the police from both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to begin a four-year prison term ordered yesterday by the top ...
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Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden Home Was Hub Of Conspiracy, Says Supreme Court
The home of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in Chennai's posh Poes Garden was the hub of the conspiracy in which assets worth over 60 crores were amassed, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. In its verdict, the court convicted VK Sasikala, Jayalalithaa's long-time live-in aide, and sentenced her to a four-year jail term.
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E Palanisamy As Chief Minister No 3 In 2 Months? Meets Governor
Hours after VK Sasikala's run for Chief Minister was brought to a skidding halt by the Supreme Court, which found her guilty of corruption, she has moved at breakneck speed to ensure she remains the show-runner of the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. Ms Sasikala was sentenced this morning to four years in prison - it's uncertain when she has to head to...
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Sasikala Names Successor. 5 Facts About Edappadi Palaniswami
Within hours of being found guilty of corruption, VK Sasikala stepped on the gas to name a new leader for her party, the AIADMK. Edappadi K Palaniswami, 57, who is Minister of the Public Works Department, is the new chief of the ruling party of Tamil Nadu. He has written to Governor C Vidyasagar Rao asking for the chance to prove his majority in t...
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Top Court Order Says VK Sasikala, Supporters Have No Connection With AIADMK: Minister
The Supreme Court has given a verdict that expelled All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) VK Sasikala and her supporters have no connection with the party, said Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar on Friday.
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Delhi High Court Verdict On AIADMK Name, Symbol Likely Today
The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce on Thursday its verdict on TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala's pleas challenging the Election Commission's (EC) decision recognising the group led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami as the real AIADMK party and allotting it the "two leaves" symbol.
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Court Reserves Verdict On TTV Dhinakaran's Plea On Party Symbol
The Delhi High Court today reserved its verdict on TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala's pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to recognise the group led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami as the real AIADMK party and allotting it the ''two leaves'' symbol.
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Court Upholds Disqualification of 18 Rebel AIADMK Legislators: Highlights
The Madras High Court has upheld the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision disqualifying the 18 AIADMK legislators from the assembly. The verdict is a big win for Chief Minister E Palaniswami, whose government's survival depended on the verdict - there was a possibility that Palaniswami government could have fallen if the rebel legislators had voted again...
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Setback For AIADMK Rebels As Top Court Turns Down Transfer Appeal
The disqualified lawmakers of Tamil Nadu will have to wait for a verdict on their appeal of reinstatement. The Supreme Court today turned down their appeal to transfer the case out of the Madras High Court, which gave a split verdict earlier this month and then referred it to a third judge. The top court has named a judge in the Madras High Court t...
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2 AIADMK Camps Fight For Symbol In Election Commission. Verdict Today
The battle for the AIADMK's 'two leaves symbol" is in the home stretch. The Election Commission is likely to decide today which of the two camps that lay claim to J Jayalalithaa's political legacy - the one led by led O Panneerselvam or the other presided over by VK Sasikala serving time in a Bengaluru jail - should get the election symbol.
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Declare Jayalalithaa A Convict In Corruption Case, Karnataka Appeals To Supreme Court
The Karnataka government moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking a review of its verdict that did not rule on Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's role in the disproportionate assets case. The state argued that it would be impossible to recover the 100 crore penalty imposed by the court unless she too was held guilty.
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Sasikala Had A Rough Night, Says Party, Was Refused All Requests In Jail
VK Sasikala, prisoner number 9234 at Bengaluru's Central jail, had a hard time last night, said a leader of her party, the AIADMK. Denied the privilege of home food and other facilities, she had refused dinner on Wednesday night and slept on the floor. She could not sleep and was restless, the leader said. The jail had served her two rotis, one rag...
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Governor Meets Teams Sasikala And Panneerselvam. Decision Awaited
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao heard competing pitches tonight from within the ruling party of Tamil Nadu over who should be Chief Minister. However, sources said he will not disclose a decision tonight on which faction of the AIADMK should take a shot at proving its leader should be head of the government.
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Expect Invitation To Form Government Today, Says Team Sasikala: 10 Facts
A team led by Edappadi Palanisamy, handpicked by VK Sasikala as the AIADMK's presumptive Chief Minister, met Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Wednesday evening and said it expects him to invite them today to form government in the state. The Governor later met O Panneerselvam, who too has staked claim to the top post. Ms Sasikala has reached...
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'What Does Immediately Mean?' Supreme Court Snaps At VK Sasikala's Team
The Supreme Court has made it clear that VK Sasikala, convicted for corruption yesterday, needs to make herself available immediately to be jailed. "You know the meaning of the word immediately?" a judge snapped when her lawyer asked for her to be allowed some time to surrender, citing health reasons.
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Sasikala, Asked To 'Surrender Now', Heads To Bengaluru By Road: 10 Points
Time up, VK Sasikala must surrender in Bengaluru right away, the Supreme Court has told the AIADMK chief, whose lawyers appealed for more time. Ms Sasikala is still in Chennai and will travel the 345 km to Bengaluru by road today escorted by the police from both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to begin a four-year prison term ordered yesterday by the top ...
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Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden Home Was Hub Of Conspiracy, Says Supreme Court
The home of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in Chennai's posh Poes Garden was the hub of the conspiracy in which assets worth over 60 crores were amassed, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. In its verdict, the court convicted VK Sasikala, Jayalalithaa's long-time live-in aide, and sentenced her to a four-year jail term.
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E Palanisamy As Chief Minister No 3 In 2 Months? Meets Governor
Hours after VK Sasikala's run for Chief Minister was brought to a skidding halt by the Supreme Court, which found her guilty of corruption, she has moved at breakneck speed to ensure she remains the show-runner of the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. Ms Sasikala was sentenced this morning to four years in prison - it's uncertain when she has to head to...
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Sasikala Names Successor. 5 Facts About Edappadi Palaniswami
Within hours of being found guilty of corruption, VK Sasikala stepped on the gas to name a new leader for her party, the AIADMK. Edappadi K Palaniswami, 57, who is Minister of the Public Works Department, is the new chief of the ruling party of Tamil Nadu. He has written to Governor C Vidyasagar Rao asking for the chance to prove his majority in t...
