The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the DMK to produce video clippings or any other recordings to substantiate its claim that the trust vote on February 18 was in contravention of the Assembly rules.
On February 20, the DMK had moved the high court seeking declaration of the confidence vote null and void as it was conducted in "contravention" of the Assembly rules.
The First Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice R Mahadevan asked the DMK's counsel, R Shanmugasundaram, in what way the party was aggrieved in the matter.
N L Rajah, appearing on behalf of the Advocates Forum For Social Justice, which also wanted the trust vote to be declared null and void, said that all the MLAs of AIADMK, who were kept in a resort before the trust vote, were escorted to the Assembly in buses "which clearly showed that they were kept in illegal detention".
He said that an FIR was pending against Palaniswami in connection with the detention of the MLAs.