HC raps Vijayakanth for wasting its time with frivolous pleas
TNN | Jan 21, 2020, 04.45 AM IST
Chennai: Censuring DMDK founder Vijayakanth for wasting the court’s time by filing unnecessary appeals seven years ago, the Madras high court dismissed as withdrawn one such appeal moved by him challenging refusal to quash criminal defamation complaints made by AIADMK government in 2011.
“Filing of such petitions and appeals unnecessarily consumes the time of the court and care should be taken in the preparation, drafting and presentation of such petitions and should not be brought forth unless there is any constitutional question, keeping in view of the nature of allegations that have been made. We hope and trust that such care shall be taken in future,” the first bench of Chief Justice A P Sahi and Justice Subramonium Prasad said on Monday.
The bench also informed the counsel for Vijayakanth that they are refraining from imposing cost as he had volunteered to withdraw the appeal. The criminal defamations were filed by the then AIADMK government led by former chief minister J Jayalalithaa against Vijayakanth when he was the opposition leader of the Tamil Nadu state assembly.
Vijayakanth moved the high court in 2012 seeking to quash all such proceedings pending before the subordinate court. However, the same was dismissed by a single judge in the admission stage itself. Aggrieved, the petitioner moved the present appeal. In his affidavit, Vijayakanth submitted that his plea challenging the validity of Sections 500 and 501 (criminal defamation) was pending before a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court.
TNN | Jan 21, 2020, 04.45 AM IST
Chennai: Censuring DMDK founder Vijayakanth for wasting the court’s time by filing unnecessary appeals seven years ago, the Madras high court dismissed as withdrawn one such appeal moved by him challenging refusal to quash criminal defamation complaints made by AIADMK government in 2011.
“Filing of such petitions and appeals unnecessarily consumes the time of the court and care should be taken in the preparation, drafting and presentation of such petitions and should not be brought forth unless there is any constitutional question, keeping in view of the nature of allegations that have been made. We hope and trust that such care shall be taken in future,” the first bench of Chief Justice A P Sahi and Justice Subramonium Prasad said on Monday.
The bench also informed the counsel for Vijayakanth that they are refraining from imposing cost as he had volunteered to withdraw the appeal. The criminal defamations were filed by the then AIADMK government led by former chief minister J Jayalalithaa against Vijayakanth when he was the opposition leader of the Tamil Nadu state assembly.
Vijayakanth moved the high court in 2012 seeking to quash all such proceedings pending before the subordinate court. However, the same was dismissed by a single judge in the admission stage itself. Aggrieved, the petitioner moved the present appeal. In his affidavit, Vijayakanth submitted that his plea challenging the validity of Sections 500 and 501 (criminal defamation) was pending before a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court.
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