New Delhi, February 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea filed by AIADMK leader Saidai S Duraisamy against a Madras High Court verdict dismissing his election petition against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader M K Stalin, which alleged corrupt practices on the latter's part in the 2011 Assembly polls.
A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi heard the arguments presented by the lawyers representing both sides.
In 2017, the Madras High Court dismissed Duraisamy's election petition, in which he had lost to Stalin in the 2011 polls from Kolathur by 2,739 votes.
Duraisamy had alleged that Stalin's party distributed money to voters in the constituency, exceeding the prescribed expenditure limit, as well as conducting supplementary counting.
Duraisamy also accused the DMK of using its functionaries and money to lure voters through innovative methods that constituted a corrupt practice under Section 123 of the Representation of the People Act.
The AIADMK leader had said that the DMK used the "Thirumangalam Formula" to provide money to voters in a "novel" way through community feedings, courier services, currency in newspapers, and slips to purchase consumer items.