The items that were safely taken from the AIADMK office were handed over to the police by O. Panneerselvam’s party, following a complaint lodged with them. Currently, these items are under the control of the Saidapet Court in Chennai. CV Shanmugam, on behalf of AIADMK general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami, filed a petition in the Saidapet court requesting for the items to be returned. The court had previously ‘sealed’ the AIADMK office and taken away the keys after the July 11 riots, and the High Court had subsequently ordered Edappadi Palaniswami to hand over the items. This order was confirmed by the Supreme Court. However, Vaidhyalingam filed a counter-petition on behalf of O. Panneerselvam, arguing that the items should remain under the control of the Saidapet Court as handing them over to the other side would cause irreparable damage. The case was heard by Justice Mohanampal who dismissed both petitions, stating that the matter of ownership of the items could not be decided at present as final judgment had not been passed in the main case related to AIADMK, general body resolution, and general secretary election, and only interim petitions had been considered thus far.
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Meanwhile, when a complaint was lodged with the police, O. Panneerselvam’s party handed over the items that had been safely taken from the AIADMK office to the police. All those items are currently under the control of the 11th Court, Saidapet, Chennai.
CV Shanmugam Manu
CV Shanmugam, on behalf of AIADMK general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami, has filed a petition in Saidapet court after asking for all these items. In the petition, the officials ‘sealed’ the AIADMK office and took away the keys following the July 11 riots. The High Court heard the case and ordered Edappadi Palaniswami to give it to the side. This order was also confirmed by the Supreme Court. Therefore, CV Shanmugam had said in the petition that all these items should be given to us.
Vaidyalingam
Vaidhyalingam filed a petition on behalf of O. Panneerselvam against this. In that, all the items should be under the control of this court. He had said that if we hand over to them, our side will suffer an irreparable loss. Both these petitions came up for hearing before Justice Mohanampal.
Balance
At that time, advocate Mohammad Riaz appeared on behalf of CV Shanmugam and advocate AD Nagendran appeared on behalf of Vaithilingam.
The judge heard the arguments from both sides and said that the main cases related to AIADMK, general body resolution and general secretary election are pending in the High Court.
Discount
Orders have been passed only on interim petitions. No final judgment has been rendered in the main case. Therefore, it is not possible to decide at present who is the owner of all these items. Therefore, the judge dismissed the pleas of both as not tenable.