Justice P.B. Balaji,,/mhc No Locus

/ Madras High Court No Locus: Madras High Court Rejects Plaint Of Man Whose AIADMK Membership Expired The Madras High Court said that there is no embargo for the Court to take note of any material, including subsequent events to reject the plaint, especially when it is shown that the plaint does not survive for consideration.

Justice P.B. Balaji, Madras High Court The Madras High Court has rejected a Plaint filed by an AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) party member whose membership got expired. The Court was deciding Revisions preferred against the Order of dismissal of Applications filed by the Revision Petitioners in respective suits, seeking rejection of the plaint. A Single Bench of Justice P.B. Balaji held, “Though elaborate submissions were also made with regard to the merits of the prayers sought for in the plaint and decisions of this Court as well as the Hon’ble Supreme Court were cited with regard to the disputes pertaining to the functioning of the party, I do not deem it necessary to go into these issues, having come to the conclusion that the plaintiff has no locus to file the suit, as he is no longer a member of the AIADMK party, post 2018 when his membership expired, after a lapse of five years from 2013, i.e 06.08.2013.” Also Read – No Statutory Prohibition Against Recognition Of More Than One Association By Bar Council: Madras High Court Directs Reconsideration Of Women Lawyers… The Bench said that there is no embargo for the Court to take note of any material, including subsequent events to reject the plaint, especially when it is shown that the plaint does not survive for consideration. Senior Advocate N. Vijay Narayan, Advocates K. Gowtham Kumar, and Narmatha Sampath appeared for the Petitioners while Advocates M. Velmurugan and Hari Perumal appeared for the Respondents.