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Why Madras HC barred TVK MLA Seenivasa Sethupathi from Tamil Nadu Assembly floor test
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Why Madras HC barred TVK MLA Seenivasa Sethupathi from Tamil Nadu Assembly floor test

The Indian Express·Amaal Sheikh·21 days ago
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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA R Seenivasa Sethupathi, who won the No.185 Tiruppattur Assembly constituency by one vote, moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 12) after the Madras High Court barred him from participating in the Tamil Nadu Assembly floor test slated for Wednesday. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, who agreed to list it urgently on Wednesday before the floor test is scheduled to begin. The High Court bench comprising Justices L Victoria Gowri and N Senthilkumar had restrained Sethupathi from “voting or otherwise taking part in any floor test, including confidence motion, no-confidence motion, trust vote or any voting proceeding in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly where the numerical strength of the House is tested, until further orders”.…

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