Plea In Madras High Court To Restore FIR Against TVK's Aadhav Arjuna Over Social Media Post Allegedly Inciting Violence

An application has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking to recall an order quashing a FIR lodged against Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's (TVK) Aadhav Arjuna for his social media posts, allegedly inciting violence. The application has been filed by Shanmugam, who had originally filed the complaint based on which the FIR was registered. When the case came up before Justice AD...

Madras High Court Closes Plea Challenging Provisions Of Centre's New Law Replacing MGNREGA

The Madras High Court on Wednesday (18th March) closed a public interest litigation challenging the provisions of the Centre's new law replacing the MGREGA, the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act [VB-G-RAM G]. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan closed the case after the petitioner informed the bench that he...

If Wife Elopes With Another Man, Habeas Corpus Petition No Remedy : Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that no remedy under a habeas corpus petition would lie for the disappearance of a wife, who actually eloped with another man. The bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesh and Justice P Dhanabal was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by a man seeking to produce the body of his wife and two kids, aged 3.5 years and 2 years, who were missing since...

Madras High Court Stays Contempt Proceedings Over Thiruparankundram Deepam Row

The Madras High Court on Tuesday (17th March), stayed the contempt proceedings pending before a single judge of the Madurai bench over non-compliance of its order directing the lighting of Karthigai Deepam at the Deepathoon (stone pillar) atop the Thiruparankundram Hills.The bench of Justice N Sathish Kumar and Justice M Jothiraman has issued the interim stay on an appeal filed by the...

Residence In Forest Area And Doing Cultivation For Livelihood Necessary To Be Declared As Forest Dwellers: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that continued residence in the forest area and reliance on the forest, by doing cultivation for livelihood, are essential for being declared as a forest dweller under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Surender noted that the object of the...

Mere Possession Of Combustible Material Without Ignition Not 'Mischief': Madras High Court Quashes Case U/S 435 IPC

The Madras High Court recently quashed a criminal case against a group of men for allegedly attempting to damage public property using combustible material near the Central Bus Stand, Udhagamandalam. Justice AD Jagadish Chandira noted that when there was nothing to show that the men had lit the combustible material, it could not be said that mischief had been committed. “To...

Husband Being A 'Drunkard' Can't Lead To Presumption That He Killed Wife Over Strained Relationship: Madras High Court Sets Aside Conviction

The Madras High Court recently set aside the conviction of a man for allegedly murdering his wife over their strained relationship. The bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice P Dhanabal held that merely because the couple had a strained relationship and the husband was a drunkard, it could not lead to a presumption that he killed the wife, in the absence of any evidence to prove...

One Person Can't Have Two Dearness Allowances: Madras High Court On Woman Claiming DA On Regular Pension Despite Receiving Family Pension

The Madras High Court recently noted that one person cannot claim two dearness allowances. Justice C Kumarappan made the observations while dealing with the plea of a woman who claimed dearness allowance on her regular pension in addition to the dearness allowance on her family pension. The court noted that the principle behind Rule 20A(ii) of the Tamil Nadu State Transport...

Boney Kapoor And Daughters Move Madras High Court To Reject Plaint Claiming Sridevi's Property

Film Producer Boney Kapoor and his daughters, Janhvi and Kushi Kapoor, have approached the Madras High Court against an order of the Additional District Judge, Chengalpattu, refusing to reject a plaint filed in connection with the late actor Sridevi's property near the East Coast Road. When the plea came up before Justice TV Thamilselvi on Monday (16 March), the court decided to take...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 09 - March 15, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 104 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 113 NOMINAL INDEX State of Tamil Nadu and another v. V Shunmugam, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 104 E Hariharan v. Union of India and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 105 B Shajimon v. Union of India and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 106 The Deputy Director v. The Deputy Superintendent of Police and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad)...

SC/ST Act Enacted To Safeguard Interest Of Community Members, Not To Be Used As Tool Against Citizens: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently lamented the misuse of the benevolent provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Justice M Dhandpani observed that the Act was a beneficial legislation intended to protect the interests of the members belonging to the communities and should not be used as a tool against the citizens of the country. “...this...

"Conducted Parallel Trial": Madras High Court Quashes Tamil Nadu SHRC Order Against Police In Lois Sofia Case

The Madras High Court has quashed an order of the State Human Rights Commission recommending Rs. 2 Lakh compensation to Lois Sofia and disciplinary action against police officers who arrested her for raising slogans against former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. In September 2018, Sofia, a research scholar from Canada, was arrested after she shouted “fascist BJP...