The Tamil Nadu government Wednesday filed a criminal defamation petition against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president K Annamalai over the latter's allegations of corruption against Chief Minister MK Stalin..The plea by city public prosecutor G Devarajan was filed before the Principal District and Sessions Court in the city. It claimed that Annamalai's alleged defamatory statements have a "reasonable connection" to the public duties of the Chief Minister and therefore, constitute an offence under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code..In April this year, Annamalai had 'released' a set of papers, calling them the "DMK Files," and claiming that several members of the ruling DMK party, including Stalin, had received several crores from an Indo-European shell company for awarding tenders related to the Chennai metro project.The defamation petition claimed the offence of defamation against the CM is an offence committed against the State and therefore, provisions of Section 199 of the CrPC will be applicable to the case. The State thus, has rightly moved the Court, the plea said.
The Tamil Nadu government Wednesday filed a criminal defamation petition against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president K Annamalai over the latter's allegations of corruption against Chief Minister MK Stalin..The plea by city public prosecutor G Devarajan was filed before the Principal District and Sessions Court in the city. It claimed that Annamalai's alleged defamatory statements have a "reasonable connection" to the public duties of the Chief Minister and therefore, constitute an offence under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code..In April this year, Annamalai had 'released' a set of papers, calling them the "DMK Files," and claiming that several members of the ruling DMK party, including Stalin, had received several crores from an Indo-European shell company for awarding tenders related to the Chennai metro project.The defamation petition claimed the offence of defamation against the CM is an offence committed against the State and therefore, provisions of Section 199 of the CrPC will be applicable to the case. The State thus, has rightly moved the Court, the plea said.