The Madras High Court today stayed proceedings in a case against a DMK functionary in a lower court over his alleged defamatory social media post against a Tamil Nadu Minister. Justice M S Ramesh issued the interim order on a petition by DMK headquarters Executive Committee member S Killai Ravindran seeking to quash the proceedings pending in the Judicial Magistrate Court in Sirkazhi in Nagapattinam district.

He ordered notice to A Packirisamy, an AIADMK worker, on whose complaint the case was filed against Ravindran, who had unsuccessfully contested in the last year assembly elections from the Sirkazhi constituency.

According to the complaint, Ravindran posted defamatory message against Handlooms and Textiles Minister O S Manian on facebook.

In his petition, Ravindran contended that the complaint was not an aggrieved party. The Minister has not given any complaint.