High Court warns Vijay and Aadhav over election-petition delay

The official August 25 update records that the Madras High Court warned Chief Minister Vijay and Minister Aadhav Arjuna that each could face costs if dismissal applications in pending election petitions were not filed by August 27. The petitions challenge Vijay's 2026 Assembly victories from Perambur and Tiruchirappalli East and Aadhav's victory from Villivakkam. TVK Tracker records this as a legal-process item, not as a finding against either office-holder. The public value is procedural: readers can see which election results remain under court challenge and what deadlines the court has set. The next evidence is the filed applications, petition pleadings, hearing orders, and final rulings.