JUDGMENT :

M. NIRMAL KUMAR, J.

Prayer: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records relating to the proceedings in C.C. No. 36 of 2020 on the file of the Special Court to try offences against MP and MLA, Chennai and quash the same and allow this Criminal Original Petition.

1. This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 36 of 2020, on the file of the Special Court No. I of the trial for Criminal Cases related to Elected Member of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu, Singaravellar Maligai, Chennai.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is the Member of Parliament, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, who made public speech in the inaugural function of newly constructed MLA Office near E.V.R. Road on 30.01.2020. During the speech, he made references with regard to the irregularities in functioning of TNPSC, at the instance of the then Minister and compared the TNPSC scam with Vyapam scam and demanded CBI enquiry. This cannot termed as defamatory statement. The TNPSC was constituted for the sole purpose of creating and nurturing a publ