<span style="color: #222222;">The Tamil Nadu government informed the Supreme Court today that the Assembly Speaker has initiated action on DMK petition. The petition alleged that the Speaker did not act on the plea seeking disqualification of 11 AIADMK lawmakers voted against Chief Minister E Palaniswami during a 2017 confidence vote. The 11 lawmakers included Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam. <br />''<br />''A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde, Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant took note of the submission and disposed of the petition filed by the DMK. The plea had sought disqualification of Panneerselvam and 10 others for having voted against the Palaniswami government when they were in the rebel camp.</span><br />