The Election Commission moved the Madras High Court against the "murder charges" comment and said media should not report oral comments made by court. The poll body said it is aggrieved with media report of the Madras High Court's oral observations that EC is "singularly responsible for the situation prevalent today" and that it should face murder charges.
In its petition it has asked the court to direct the media houses to refrain from reporting on oral observations made during court proceedings in a case concerning COVID protocol for vote counting in Tamil Nadu.