Edapaddi K. Palaniswami vs T. T. V. Dhinakaran

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2019 Supreme(SC) 131

A.M.KHANWILKAR, AJAY RASTOGI
Edapaddi K. Palaniswami – Appellant
Versus
T. T. V. Dhinakaran – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR
For the Respondent: Mr. C.S.Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv., Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv., Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv., Mr.Balaji Srinivasan, AOR, Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv., Ms. Pallavi Sengupta, Adv., Ms. Garima Jain, Adv., Mr. Ravi Raghunath, Adv., Ms. Lakshmi Rao, Adv., Ms. Vaishnavi Subrahmanyam, Adv., Mr. Arunava Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. Mayank Kshirsagar, Adv., Ms. Pratiksha Mishra, Adv., Mr. Ram Shankar, Adv., Mr. Harish Shankar Vaidyanathan, Adv., Mr. Babu Murugavel, Adv., Mr. Prakash Kumar Gandhi, Adv., Ms. Shruti Govil, Adv., Mr. Vivek Singh, AOR, Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv., Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv., Ms. Ayiala Imti, Adv., Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Adv., Mr. Vivek Singh, Adv., Ms. Niraja Senthor Pandian, Adv., Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv., Mr. P. Praveen Samadhanam

ORDER :

A.M. Khanwilkar, J.

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 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") was entitled to use the name of the original registered and recognized state political party in the State of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, namely, "All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam" (for short "AIADMK") and its reserved symbol "Two Leaves"; and rejected the claim

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2019 Supreme(SC) 131

A.M.KHANWILKAR, AJAY RASTOGIEdapaddi K. Palaniswami – AppellantVersusT. T. V. Dhinakaran – Respondent

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A.M.KHANWILKAR, AJAY RASTOGI
Edapaddi K. Palaniswami – Appellant
Versus
T. T. V. Dhinakaran – Respondent