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Madras HC adjourns to Sep 30, DMK's Rs one cr defamatory suit against TN Mins, TVK for comments linked to Veeramani POCSO case

Chennai, Sep 28 (UNI) The Madras High Court on Monday sought reply Tamil Nadu Ministers Aadhav Arjuna and CTR.Nirmal Kumar, ruling TVK IT Wing and social media platforms Meta, X Corp and YouTube, in the Rs one crore defamation suit filed by the main Opposition DMK for their public remarks linking DMK to the Veeramani POCSO case, including shielding the paedophile accused during the previous regime.
When the case filed by DMK General Secretary and former Minister Duraimurugan came up for hearing, Ms.Justice Govindarajan Thilakavathy adjourned the case to September 30 to enable the respondents to file their reply after it was informed that only one respondent has filed the reply. .
During the hearing, the DMK counsel told the court that while the DMK was adhering to the court's observations that the issue should
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