Award Passed After Inordinate And Unexplained Delay Can Be Set Aside U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court bench of Justice P.B. Balaji has held that inordinate and unexplained delay in passing the arbitral award can be a ground to set it aside under section 34 of the Arbitration Act. Brief Facts The present petition has been filed under section 34 of the Arbitration Act against an award passed by the Arbitrator on September 30, 2019. The petitioner submitted...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 13 - January 19, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 12 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 15 NOMINAL INDEX A. P. Raju v. The State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 12R. Eswaran v. The Government of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 13Chinnakalai v The Tahsildar (Social Welfare Scheme) and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 14X v. The Chairperson and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 15A Shankar @ Savukku Shankar v The...

Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Probe Into Death Of LKG Student By Allegedly Falling Into School's Septic Tank

The Madras High Court has issued notices to the State of Tamil Nadu, the Director General of Police, the Superintendent of Police Villupuram, the Inspector at Vikkiravandi Police Station, the Inspector CB-CID, and the CBI in a plea seeking a CB CID or CBI probe into the death of an LKG student by allegedly falling into the septic tank of the private school. Justice GR Swaminathan...

Madras HC Grants Bail To YouTuber Savukku Shankar Booked For Spreading Misinformation About Investigation In Land 'Scam' Case

The Madras High Court on Friday (January 17) granted bail to YouTuber and whistleblower Shankar alias Savukku Shankar in a case for allegedly spreading misinformation about the investigation in an alleged land scam case. The vacation court of Justice GR Swaminathan, while granting bail, orally remarked that the charges against Shankar did not warrant an arrest. The judge wondered how...

Merely Submitting Adoption Plea Wouldn't Confer Any Rights To Unilaterally Take Child's Custody Without Following Procedure: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has observed that merely submitting an application seeking adoption of a child would not confer any rights on the parties concerned to take custody of the child unilaterally without "scrupulously" following the due procedure. A division bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice M Jothiraman noted that the procedures contemplated under the relevant statutes have...

Persons Being Taken Care Of By Relatives Also Entitled To Claim Old Age Pension: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme did not contain any specific provision that excluded persons who were being taken care of by their relatives. Thus, Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan ordered benefits to be given to an octogenarian whose application for old age pension was rejected due to the fact that he was being taken care of by...

'Article 21 Doesn't Distinguish Between Good Or Bad Person': Madras HC Orders ₹50K Compensation For Illegal Detention Of History-Sheeter

The Madras High Court recently directed the State Government to pay Rs. 50,000 compensation to a history sheeter for his illegal detention despite the Committee's report finding no sufficient cause for his detention. Though the state claimed that the history-sheeter was not entitled for compensation, Justice Anand Venkatesh observed that the fundamental right under Article 21 of...

Registrar Not Expected To Act As A Civil Court: Madras High Court Discharges Former District Registrar From Corruption Case

The Madras High Court recently discharged a former District Registrar from a corruption case observing that the materials put forward by the prosecution did not constitute any offence. The court noted that insisting a person to participate in a trial merely because the trial has commenced would violate his rights and compel him to undergo agony and anxiety. “To insist A2...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 6 - January 12, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 11 NOMINAL INDEX Mark Studio India Private Limited v. Income Tax Officer and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 3Dr Jenbagalakshmi v The State of Tamil Nadu and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 4M. Nagappan v. The Management, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 5C Kannaiyan and Others v Deputy Commissioner of Labour – I, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 6K. Ezhilarasi v...

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2024: Part II [Citation 251 to 492]

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 251 to 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 492 REPORTS Employee Cannot Be Penalised For Appointing Authority's Failure To Follow Communal Rotation Guidelines: Madras High Court Case Title: R Sasikumar v The State of Tamil Nadu Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 251 The Madras High Court recently set aside the order cancelling the appointment of a Jeep Driver who...

Surplus Temple Funds Cannot Be Used For Constructing Shopping Complexes: Madras High Court Restrains HR&CE

The Madras High Court recently restrained the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department from constructing a shopping complex in a land belong to the Arulmighu Nandeeswaram Thirukoil using the surplus temple fund. Commenting that temples should be kept out of litigation as much as possible, the bench of Chief Justice KR Shriram and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy observed...

'Police Investigation Was An Eye-Wash': Madras High Court Constitutes SIT To Investigate Illegal Mining In Western Ghats

The Madras High Court on Friday, constituted a Special Investigation Team comprising of two IPS officers to enquire into large levels of illegal mining that has been happening near the reserve forests of Western Ghats. The specially constituted forest bench of Justice N Satish Kumar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy transferred all the pending investigations into the batch of cases to the...