Justice Anand Venkatesh was hearing a plea moved by Majumder for quashing the FIR against him over an article where he had made comments against Periyar.
The Court found that the husband failed in his duty to maintain his first wife after she left the matrimonial home on account of cruelty meted out to her.
Justice N Satish Kumar said Khan's defamation suit appeared to be a publicity stunt, and that Trisha and the others had reacted to his statements like any normal person would.
The Madras High Court has sentenced Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi and his wife, Visalatchi to three years of simple imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case.