Ilaiyaraaja Moves Madras High Court Against 'Unauthorised' Use Of His Songs In Dude Movie, Court Reserves Order On Interim Plea

The Madras High Court, on Wednesday, reserved orders on a plea moved by renowned musician Ilaiyaraaja seeking to temporarily restrain Mythri Movie Makers from 'unauthorisedly' using his songs in the recent Tamil movie "Dude", starring Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju. Justice N Senthilkumar reserved orders on the interim injunction plea moved by the musician. Ilaiyaraaja has approached...

Naming Of Public Departments Purely Within Govt Domain: Madras High Court Dismisses Plea For Renaming Tamil Development Department

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea for renaming the Tamil Valarchi Thurai (Tamil Development Department) to Tamil Membattu Thurai. The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan observed that the naming and renaming of a public department was within the domain of the government, and the court could not exercise jurisdiction under Article...

Madras High Court Allows Udaipur Salon To Use 'Bounce', Rejects South Indian Chain's Appeal

The Madras High Court has dismissed appeals filed by Spalon India Private Limited, operator of the “BOUNCE” salon chain in South India, against an order vacating the interim injunction earlier granted in its favour over the use of the word “Bounce” by an Udaipur-based salon, “Bounce Salon & Makeover Studio.”A Division Bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice Mummineni...

Not Mandatory To Muzzle Pet Dogs In Public Places, Only Leashing Mandatory: Chennai Civic Body Tells Madras High Court

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), on Tuesday (25th November), informed the Madras High Court that muzzling of pet dogs has not been made mandatory in the city and that no penalty would be imposed on the pet owners for not muzzling the dogs in public places. Making submissions before Justice V Lakshminarayanan, Advocate Arun Babu submitted that the GCC had only issued an...

Madras High Court Refuses To Restrain Celebrity Stylist Joy Crizilda From Naming Madhampatty Rangaraj's Company In Social Media Posts

The Madras High Court has refused to restrain celebrity stylist Joy Crizildaa from tagging the names of Madhampatty Catering Company in her social media posts. Justice N Senthil Kumar dismissed the application for interim injunction moved by the catering company seeking to restrain Crizildaa and any person claiming through her, from tagging, hashtag, marking, writing, uploading,...

Madras High Court Orders New PAN For Assessee After Dept-Issued Duplicate PAN Ruins CIBIL Score

The Madras High Court has directed the department to issue a fresh PAN (Permanent Account Number) to the assessee, who suffered adverse consequences because the defaulter holding the same PAN had a bad CIBIL. The bench held that the assessee cannot be made to bear serious CIBIL consequences arising from the Income Tax Department's duplicate PAN allotment. Justice C. Saravanan stated...

Police Can't Refuse To Register FIR On Land Dispossession Complaints By SC/ST Community By Terming It As Civil Dispute: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently noted that the police could not refuse to register FIR based on complaint made by members belonging to Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribe communities alleging dispossession of land, by terming it as civil disputes. Justice Victoria Gowri noted that as per Section 18A of the Schedules castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989,...

Madras High Court Stays Single Judge Order Asking Actor Vishal To Pay ₹30 Crore To Lyca Productions

The Madras High Court, on Monday, stayed a single judge order directing actor Vishal to pay Rs. 30 crore due to the entertainment company Lyca Productions. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq granted the interim relief in an appeal moved by the actor challenging the June 2025 order of the single judge. The judges however asked the actor to deposit 10...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 17 to November 23, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 421 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 435 NOMINAL INDEX Ab Initio Technology LLC v. The Controller of Patents & Designs, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 421 Sahirsha @ MS Sha v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 422 S Prasanna and another v. Jothika, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 423 Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited. Versus ICMC Corporation Limited, 2025...

Madras High Court Stays Trial Against IPS Officer Balveer Singh In Custodial Violence Cases

The Madras High Court has stayed the trial in four custodial torture cases against IPS Officer Balveer Singh. Justice Shamim Ahmed granted interim stay in a plea filed by the officer seeking to set aside the Judicial Magistrate order framing charges against him in four custodial torture cases, while he was holding the post of Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ambasamudram. In...

Madras High Court Revives Sreedevi Video's Dispute With Saregama Over Rights To Tamil, Telegu Film Music

The Madras High Court has revived a copyright dispute over the audio rights to iconic Telegu and Tamil films including Sagara Sangamam, Salangai Oli, Shankarabharanam and Sitara, holding that Sreedevi Video Corporation's claim seeking a permanent injunction against Saregama India Ltd must be examined on merits even though its request for a declaration of ownership is time-barred. On...

Madras High Court Quashes FIR Against TVK's Aadhav Arjuna Over Social Media Post Allegedly Inciting Violence

The Madras High Court has quashed the FIR registered against Aadhav Arjuna, General Secretary of Election Campaign Movement of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party for his social media posts allegedly inciting violence.Justice AD Jagadish Chandira observed that Arjuna's tweet did not target any groups, and though it spoke about violence, it did not call for violence or hatred. The...