Plea In Madras High Court Seeks Timely Publication Of Latest Medical College Infrastructure Assessment Reports, Online Availability Of Records

A plea has been moved in the Madras High Court seeking the timely publication of infrastructure assessment reports of Medical Colleges inspected by the National Medical Commission (NMC) for the academic years 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 along with ensuring availability of historical assessment records in the official website of NMC before the commencement of All India...

General Election 2024: Plea In Madras High Court Urges 100% Counting Of VVPAT Printout Slips Attached To EVMs

A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court to count 100% of the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine printout slips attached to the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the upcoming general elections. When the case was taken up by the bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy, the counsel for the Election Commission sought for...

“Glorifies Violence”: Plea In Madras High Court Seeks FIR Against Director Lokesh Kanagaraj, Revoking License Of “Leo” Movie

An advocate has approached the Madras High Court seeking a ban on further broadcast of the movie “Leo” and for registration of an FIR against director Lokesh Kanagraj along with a compensation of Rs. 50,000. Though the case was taken up by a bench of Justice D Krishnakumar and Justice R Vijayakumar, since there was no representation, the matter was adjourned. The...

Temple Festival At Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve: Madras High Court Asks Authorities To Follow Guidelines On Pilgrim Footfall

The Madras High Court has asked the authorities to take all steps as per the existing guidelines while conducting the Masi festival in the Adhi Karuvannarayar temple located in the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in February. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy was hearing a public interest litigation filed by one Dr. R Karpagam seeking...

Removal Of Wife's Uterus Due To Ovarian Cancer Not Mental Cruelty To Husband: Madras High Court Bins Plea For Divorce

The Madras High Court recently observed that the removal of a wife's uterus after being diagnosed with Ovarian cancer during the subsistence of marriage and subsequent inability to have a progeny will not be mental cruelty to the husband warranting dissolution of marriage. The bench of Justice RMT Teekaa Raman and Justice PB Balaji thus confirmed an order of the Family Court...

Madras High Court Issues Compendium Of Procedure To Be Followed By Advisory Board Constituted Under TN Preventive Detention Act

The Madras High Court recently issued a compendium of procedures to be followed by the Advisory Board under the Tamil Nadu Preventive Detention Act 1982, while conducting an inquiry under sub-clause (a) of Clause (4) of Article 22 of the Constitution. The bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar and Justice KK Ramakrishnan made it clear that the compendium was to be strictly followed by the...

Madras High Court permits Compounding Of Prosecution In Tax Evasion Case By MRF Chairman & Managing Director

The bench of Justice R. Mahdevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq, while upholding the order passed by the single judge, held that since the penalty was reduced from 300% to 100% of the tax sought to be evaded, the assessee is entitled to the benefit of Section 279(1A) of Income Tax. The section deals with non-prosecution for tax offences where the penalty is reduced.The judgement has been...

Can Chief Minister Pursue A Case Against The State? Madras High Court Asks In Plea For CBI Probe Filed By MK Stalin In 2014

The Madras High Court on Tuesday wondered if the Chief Minister of a State can pursue a case against the State itself. The curious question arose when the bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy came across a petition filed by the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin back in 2014, when he was the treasurer of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam...

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2023: Part II [Citations 211-413]

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 211 to 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 413 Nominal Index Pascal Sasil R v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 211 M Mohammed Abbas v State, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 212 Erode Mavatta Valamana Thodakka Versus .The Managing Director / Additional Registrar Erode District Central Cooperative Bank, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 213 Aashik Ali v State, 2023 LiveLaw...

Madras High Court Monthly Digest - December 2023

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 375 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 413 NOMINAL INDEX G.Selvamoorthy v The Chief Engineer (Personnel), 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 375 K Annamalai v V Piyush, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 376 T Ganesan v Government of India and Others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 377 State of Tamil Nadu v K Parvathy, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 378 S.Uttam Chand Versus ACIT, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad)...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 25 to December 31, 2023

A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 407 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 413 NOMINAL INDEX Pandiarajan C v The District Collector and Others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 407 University of Madras v Dr. UT Manisundar (Died) and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 408 M/s.Cognizant Technology Versus Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, 2023...

Madras High Court Annual Digest: Part I (Citations 1-210)

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 to 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 210 NOMINAL INDEX Manikandan v. State, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 P Geetha v. V. Kirubaharan , 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 2 M/s.Tirupur Sree Annapoorna Versus Tamil Nadu Sales Tax Appellate, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 3 Easwaran Brothers India Private Limited Versus The Assistant Commissioner (ST) (FAC), 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 4 M Kannadasan...