JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Original Side Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent read with Order XXXVI Rule 1 and 9 of the Original Side Rules, praying to set aside the fair and decreetal order passed by the learned Judge in A.No.5731 of 2023 in C.S.No.82 of 2019 dated 07.11.2023.)

R. Mahadevan, J .

1. Heard the learned senior counsel appearing for the appellant as well as the first respondent herein and also perused the materials available on record.

2. The first respondent / plaintiff is the former Chief Minister of the State of Tamil Nadu and presently, the leader of Opposition party. In connection with a defamatory video pertaining to the criminal trespass, murder and robbery that occurred in the Kodanadu Estate belonging to the erstwhile Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and former leader of the first respondent's political party, late Selvi J.Jayalalithaa in 2017, and the suspicious death of people, particularly, Mr.Kanakaraj, an accused, supposedly involved in the said crime, uploaded in the Youtube and in the social media, he had preferred a suit in O.S. No. 82 of 2019, against the appellant and respondents 2 to 7 herein / defendants 1 to 7 for the following reliefs: