The Madras High Court on Monday, 10 December, issued a notice to the Election Commission and 18 disqualified AIADMK MLAs on a petition seeking a direction to recover the expenditure made on conducting elections to their constituencies in 2016 from the former legislators and the party.
A bench of justices KK Sasidharan and PD Audikesavalu turned down the request to postpone the bypolls till the petition was disposed of, but directed the EC to file its reply regarding holding of by-elections to fill the vacancies.