Manamadurai Custodial Death: Madras High Court Asks State To Ensure Dignified Disposal Of Mortal Remains After Family Refuses To Receive Body

The Madras High Court has asked the District Collector of Madurai, the Commissioner of Madurai City Municipal Corporation, the Dean of Government Rajaji Hospital and other authorities to take immediate steps to ensure that the mortal remains of Akash, a 26-year-old who was allegedly killed in custodial violence, are disposed of in a dignified manner. Justice Victoria Gowri noted that...

Plea In Madras High Court Challenges Election Win Of CM Vijay From Trichy East Constituency

An election petition has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the victory of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay from the Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) East Constituency.The petition has been filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate who contested in the Trichy East Constituency, Dr Inigo S Irudayaraj, who lost to Vijay by 27,416 votes.It may be noted that the elections...

Madras High Court Rejects Flipkart Founders' Review Plea Against ED Show-Cause Notice In FEMA Case

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by the owners of Flipkart – Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, seeking to review an earlier order of the High Court dismissing their plea against a show-cause notice issued by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a FEMA Case. Justice S Sounthar dismissed the review application filed by the duo. A detailed order copy is...

Sudden Change In Political Loyalty Not Offence Sans Evidence: Madras High Court Dismisses Plea For CBI Probe Into AIADMK MLAs Joining TVK

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (June 16), dismissed a PIL seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities and corruption in the manner in which four MLAs from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party resigned from their posts after winning State assembly elections and joined Chief Minister Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party on the same day. [2026 LiveLaw...

Political Commentator Ponraj Moves Madras High Court To Quash FIR Over Remarks On TVK Women Supporters

Political commentator V Ponraj has approached the Madras High Court seeking to quash a case registered against him for allegedly defamatory statements made by him against women supporters of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party.Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan listed the matter on June 17 (Wednesday). It may be noted that a vacation bench of the High Court had granted anticipatory bail to Ponraj...

No Use Expressing Dissent On Social Media If One Can't Stand By Truth In Court: Madras High Court To Students Turning Hostile In Murder Trial

While dealing with a criminal appeal of a murder convict, the Madras High Court expressed displeasure in the manner in which the students, who had witnessed the attack on their fellow classmate by the accused, had turned hostile during trial. 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 255 The bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice KK Ramakrishnan remarked that it was disappointing to see...

'No Material To Show Foul Play': Madras High Court Orally Remarks In Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into AIADMK MLAs' Switch To TVK

The Madras High Court has reserved orders on a plea seeking CBI probe into alleged irregularities and corruption in the manner in which four MLAs from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party resigned from their posts after winning State assembly elections and joined Chief Minister Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party on the same day.The division bench of Chief...

Madras High Court Dismisses Creditors' Appeal Against Release Of "Dhruva Natchathiram" Movie

The Madras High Court has dismissed appeals filed by creditors of actor-director Gautam Vasudev Menon, challenging an order of a single judge paving the way for the release of the much-anticipated Tamil movie "Dhruva Natchathiram".The bench of Justice P Velmurugan and Justice K Govindarajan Thilakavadi has dismissed the appeals filed by K Prem Kumar and K Punniyamoorthy. A detailed order...

LiveLaw Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 8 - June 14, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 245 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 253 NOMINAL INDEX Sun TV Network Limited v R Sukanya and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 245 XXXX v State and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 246 P Chockalingam v The Additional Chief Secretary to Government and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 247 Sarkar Syed Habibullah Sha Kahdari Arif Rabbani Hazarat Dargha v Tamil Nadu Waqf Board...

'Criminal Law Can't Be Invoked Against Every Relative Of Husband Due To Matrimonial Discord': Madras HC Quashes S.498A IPC Case Against In-Laws

The Madras High Court recently quashed criminal cases against a husband's relatives under Section 498A of the IPC after noting that the allegations against the relatives were vague and unsupported by documents. Justice Victoria Gowri underlined that criminal prosecution cannot be launched against a husband's relative merely because there is matrimonial discord among...

No 'Honour' In 'Honour Killing', It's A Shameful Act And Extreme Reflection Of Casteism: Madras High Court

While dealing with the bail application of an accused cop in the honour killing of 27-year-old Kavin in Thirunelveli last year, the Madras High Court lamented the increasing instances of caste-based violence. Justice B Pugalendhi observed that there were 59 honour killings in the State of Tamil Nadu over the past 10 years. The judge remarked that deep-rooted casteism in the minds of...

'Cannot Be Made Family Court': Madras High Court Dismisses Woman's Plea To Stop Pension Benefits Of Husband Over Unpaid Maintenance

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea by a wife seeking to stop the disbursement of pensionary benefits and other service benefits to her husband over unpaid maintenance dues. Justice Mummineni Sudheer Kumar observed that the High Court could not be converted into an execution court or family court. The court observed that if the wife succeeded in her maintenance case against...