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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
M.A. NO.31 IN SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO.7258 OF 2018
Edapaddi K. Palaniswami …Petitioner(s) :Versus:
T.T.V. Dhinakaran & Ors. …Respondent(s)
O R D E R
A.M. Khanwilkar, J.
1. This application for directions has been filed by
respondent No.1 – T.T.V. Dhinakaran (for short, “TTVD”), in
the disposed of special leave petition in view of the liberty
granted by this Court in terms of the order dated 28th March,
2018.
2. The captioned special leave petition was filed against the
judgment and order dated 9th March, 2018 passed by the
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Single Judge of the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in C.M.
No.2994/2018 in Writ Petition (Civil) No.10728 of 2017. That
writ petition has been filed by respondent No.1 TTVD to
assail the decision of the Election Commission of India (for
short, “ECI”) dated 23rd November, 2017 whereby ECI had
accepted the claim of respondent Nos.4 to 6 (namely, E.
Madhusudhanan, O. Pannerselvam and Thiru. Semmalai) and
the SLP petitioner Edapaddi K. Palaniswami (for short, “EKP”)
that the group led by respondent No.4 E. Madhusudhanan
(for short, “EM”) wa...