Former State president of the BJP Ok. Annamalai. File | Picture Credit score: S. Siva Saravanan
The Madras Excessive Courtroom on Monday (April 20, 2026) stayed all additional proceedings in a felony case pending towards former Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) State president Ok. Annamalai earlier than a judicial Justice of the Peace court docket in Salem for reportedly claiming at a press meet that Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, in 1956, warned of performing ‘blood abhishekam‘ for Madurai Meenakshi Amman “if atheists continued to insult theists.”
Justice M. Nirmal Kumar granted the interim keep, distributed with the non-public look of Mr. Annamalai earlier than the trial court docket, and ordered discover, returnable by June 15, to the complainant Piyush Manush on the petitioner’s plea to quash the non-public criticism. The Justice of the Peace had taken cognizance of the criticism on February 11, 2026, and ordered the issuance of summons for the looks of the petitioner.
Revealed – April 20, 2026 04:33 pm IST