Madras High Court orders notices to M.K. Stalin, DMK IT Wing in ₹1-crore defamation suit filed by Minister Aadhav Arjuna
Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi orders notices returnable by September 15, 2026, after the Minister takes objection to a June 8, 2026, X post
The Madras High Court has issued summons to DMK president M.K. Stalin and the DMK IT Wing in connection with a ₹1 crore defamation suit filed by Tamil Nadu Minister Aadhav Arjuna. The suit was initiated over a social media post on X, where Arjuna alleged that John Britto, an individual implicated in a narcotics case, was his relative.
Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi granted the notice, setting a deadline of September 15, 2026 for the defendants' response following the initial arguments presented by Arjuna's legal team, led by A.P. Suryaprakasam. Suryaprakasam argued that the X post was evidently false and severely defamatory. The court also acknowledged that senior counsel J. Ravindran had taken on the defense of the accused parties.
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