The Madras High Court on Wednesday stayed all further proceedings in a criminal defamation case pending against Murasoli Selvam, editor and publisher of Murasoli, mouthpiece of the DMK, before a special court set up for trial of cases against MPs and MLAs. Justice R. Mahadevan granted interim stay for two weeks on a writ plea filed by Mr. Selvam challenging a GO shifting the 2013 defamation case to a special court.