Madras High Court reserves orders on M.K. Stalin’s plea to declare him elected from Kolathur constituency
The Madras High Court has reserved its verdict on a petition by M.K. Stalin seeking a 100% VVPAT count for the Kolathur constituency. The Election Commission argues that such challenges must be filed as formal election petitions rather than writ petitions.
Why it matters
The case tests the legal boundaries of challenging election results and the application of Supreme Court guidelines on EVM verification.
The Madras High Court on Monday (August 31, 2026) reserved its orders on a writ petition filed by DMK president M.K. Stalin to order 100% counting of VVPAT slips of the Kolathur Assembly constituency , and to consequently declare him the returned candidate after nullifying the election of TVK MLA V.S. Babu.
The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan deferred their verdict after hearing the arguments advanced by senior counsel Kapil Sibal for the former Chief Minister and senior counsel G. Rajagopal and Dama Seshadri Naidu for the Election Commission of India (ECI).
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