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Madras High Court dismisses cases filed by PMK founder Ramadoss seeking to freeze ‘mango’ symbol

Madras High Court dismisses cases filed by PMK founder Ramadoss seeking to freeze ‘mango’ symbol

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Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss. File | Photo Credit: Kumar S.S. CHENNAI The Madras High Court on Friday (February 20, 2026) dismissed two writ petitions filed by Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss seeking a direction to Election Commission of India (ECI) to either let his faction use the ‘mango’ symbol during the ensuing Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry or freeze the symbol altogether so that the faction led by his son R. Anbumani too would not be able to use it. First Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan refused to entertain the two writ petitions after agreeing with the ECI standing counsel Niranjan Rajagoplan that factional disputes in a political party could be resolved only through a civil court decree and no such direction as sought by the party founder could be issued to the election commission. After finding that a civil suit had already been filed in connection with the rival claims between the father and son over party presidentship, the …

I represent PMK, Ramadoss’ group a breakaway faction: Anbumani tells Madras High Court

I represent PMK, Ramadoss’ group a breakaway faction: Anbumani tells Madras High Court

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Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss’ estranged son Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday (February 2, 2026) claimed before the Madras High Court that only he represents the political party legally and that the group rallying behind his father was only a breakaway faction, which could not be considered as the party. Appearing before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan, senior counsel N.L. Rajah, representing Dr. Anbumani, said, his father was trying to “snatch an order from the court behind his (Dr. Anbumani) back” without making his client a party to the case. The submissions were made during the hearing of a writ petition filed by the party founder seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Tamil Nadu to communicate the allotment of the ‘mango’ symbol to the party for this year’s Assembly election to his official address in Chennai. Since the founder had made only the ECI and the CEO as respondents to the writ petition, …