Entire texture of CM Vijay’s election case changed, says Madras High Court Judge

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay. File. | Photo Credit: PTI

The hearing on Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s plea to reject an election petition filed against his victory from the Perambur constituency took an interesting turn on Wednesday (October 7, 2026), with Justice V. Lakshminarayanan of the Madras High Court remarking that the entire texture of the case had changed in view of the Supreme Court judgments cited by counsel for the election petitioner.

After hearing the arguments made on behalf of the Chief Minister on Monday and Tuesday, the judge began firing a volley of questions at the election petitioner’s counsel on Wednesday (October 7, 2026), asking how some alleged discrepancies in assets worth over ₹600 crore declared by Mr. Vijay would amount to undue influence over voters or could be termed as a corrupt electoral practice.

The judge wanted to know whether the voters in the Perambur constituency would have been swayed in one direction or the other simply because there was a difference of a few crores or a few lakhs in the assets declared by the Chief Minister, especially in light of the fact that he was a “superstar” in the cinema industry and had voluntarily declared both movable and immovable properties worth more than ₹600 crore.