SC SAYS NO TO DHINAKARAN COOKER SYMBOL

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to grant for now the ‘pressure cooker’ symbol to TTV Dhinakaran-led Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) but allowed the Election Commission to decide the issue as per a 2018 Delhi High Court order. A bench of justices AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi said since the matter was pending before the high court for final adjudication, there was no just reason as to why the interim arrangement of allotting ‘pressure cooker’ symbol by the poll panel ought not continue. “The judgment is a clear victory for us. The operative portion is very clear on allotment of cooker symbol to us,” said Raja Senthoor Pandiayan, counsel for Dhinakaran.