Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed as abated an election petition filed against former chief minister J Jayalalithaa in view of her demise.
Justice M Duraiswamy dismissed the petition filed by G Pravina, who unsuccessfully fought as an Independent candidate in the May 16 Assembly elections from R K Nagar constituency from where Jayalalithaa had won.
The petitioner had sought that Jayalalithaa's election be declared "null and void" alleging that she was not even allowed to campaign in the constituency.
When the matter came up for hearing today, counsel for Jayalalithaa informed the court about her death following which the judge dismissed the election petition as abated.
Jayalalithaa died of a cardiac arrest on December 5 after a prolonged hospitalisation.
