The Madras High Court, on Thursday (April 16, 2026), agreed to hear on Friday (April 17) two writ petitions, one accusing many DMK candidates in general, of issuing ₹8,000 coupons to the voters in view of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and another accusing AIADMK candidate Royapuram Mano alias R. Manohar in particular of distributing ₹10,000 tokens at Harbour constituency in Chennai.

First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan accepted a request made by advocate A.P. Suryaprakasam for an urgent hearing of the case filed by him against DMK candidates and said that a case filed by advocate K. Raveendran against the AIADMK candidate would also be heard on Friday if both of them get numbered by the end of the day.