Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court has upheld a 2008 state housing allotment of an 11,854 sq ft plot in Chennai's Anna Nagar Western Extension to film star C. Joseph Vijay, now Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister.

The case was filed in 2009 by Shenoy Nagar resident R. Karthikeyan, whose late father had owned large parts of Padi village. In 1969, the state took 2.37 acres from his father there for a Housing Board scheme in Korattur.

An election petition alleging the built-up property was sold is still awaiting a verdict.

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The Madras High Court has let DMDK leader Vijaya Prabhakaran drop his 2024 election petition against Virudhunagar MP Manickam Tagore.

He said he wanted to focus on public life instead of pursuing a two-year-old case. No one came forward to take over the petition after public notices, and the judge found no sign of a deal behind the move.

Tagore had won by just 4,379 votes, and the petition had raised charges including vote-buying and irregularities in counting. The Election Commission will be told the case is closed.