Dhinakaran faction MLAs' disqualification: SC refuses to transfer case from Madras HC

The Supreme Court (SC) today refused to transfer to itself a case to do with the disqualification of 18 Tamil Nadu MLAs from the TTC Dhinakaran faction of the AIADMK. The case will remain with the Madras high court (HC), said the SC, which then also appointed a new judge - Justice M Satyanarayana of Madras HC- to oversee the case. Earlier, Justice Vimala was assigned to hear the case.