High Court orders retrial for man convicted of sexually assaulting 3 children in Sibu
SIBU (Aug 27): A man previously sentenced to 27 years in prison and six strokes of the cane by the Mukah Sessions Court for physically sexually assaulting three children had his convictions and sentences set aside by the High Court here yesterday. Judicial Commissioner Alvin Leong ruled that there were incurable defects in the original [...] The post High Court orders retrial for man convicted of…
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay argued before the Madras High Court on Thursday that his opponent S. Inigo Irudayaraj's allegations of improper election campaign tactics involving children could not be used to nullify the results. "Even assuming the allegations to be correct for the limited purpose of the present application," Mr. Irudayaraj had not stated the necessary material facts to declare an election invalid under Section 100 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the CM said.
The judge directed the Registry to number the application and list it on Monday. In his petition, Mr. Irudayaraj claimed the Chief Minister had "blackmailed" children during the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election campaign. However, Mr. Vijay contended the petition could not be based on mere assertions voters were "emotionally swayed" without evidence that the allegations led to a specific number of votes in his favor.
The Chief Minister also said he had not been accused of using religion to garner votes, as the petitioner had not provided the precise words or communications.
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