HC sets aside fresh notices served on DMK MLAs Updated: Updated: ‘They ought to have been given an opportunity to explain their stand’ Share Article ‘They ought to have been given an opportunity to explain their stand’ The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside fresh show cause notices issued by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly’s Committee of Privileges to DMK president M.K. Stalin, 18 other legislators from his party and expelled MLA Ku.Ka. Selvam in September 2020 for having displayed gutkha sachets in the House in July 2017. In her orders, Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana observed that the Assembly should not only commence its proceedings with the Speaker reciting a couplet from Thirukkural every day, but “the legislators should also follow the Thirukkural in their day-to-day life both inside and outside the Assembly”.