The
Supreme
Court
on
Thursday
(July
28)
stayed
the
non-bailable
warrants
against
DMDK
leader
Vijayakanth
and
his
wife
Premalatha,
issued
by
a
trial
court
at
Tiruppur
in
Tamil
Nadu.
Justice
Dipak
Misra
and
Justice
Rohinton
Fali
Nariman
sought
the
list
of
defamation
cases
filed
by
the
public
prosecutors
in
Tamil
Nadu
on
behalf
of
Chief
Minister
J
Jayalalithaa
against
her
critics.
The
Tiruppur
court
headed
by
Principal
District
Judge
Alamelu
Natarajan
had
issued
non-bailable
warrants
against
the
couple
following
their
non-appearance
before
it
in
a
defamation
case
in
March.
According
to
a
report,
the
case
was
filed
by
Public
Prosecutor
KN
Subramaniam
against
Vijayakanth
and
his
wife.
It
was
alleged
that
the
couple
had
made
defamatory
remarks
against
the
Chief
Minister
of
Tamil
Nadu
at
a
public
gathering
in
Palladam
on
November
6
last
year.
Vijayakanth
has
appeared
in
more
than
150
Tamil
films
before
starting
his
own
political
party
Desiya
Murpokku
Dravida
Kazhagam
(DMDK).