Madras High Court
Transport Commissioner Not Superior To District Authority, Cannot Be Appellate Authority Under Petroleum Rules 2002: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently set aside a Government Order appointing the Transport Commissioner as the Appellate Authority under the Petroleum Rules. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that as per the new Petroleum Rules 2002, the Appellate Authority ought to have been the immediate superior authority to any District...
Don't Bring Caste & Religion Into Jallikattu: High Court Directs Madurai District Admin & Municipal Corp To Jointly Conduct Jallikattu Festival
The Madras High Court recently directed the Madurai District Administration and the Municipal corporation to jointly conduct the Jallikettu festival in Avaniyapuram. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Lakshminarayanan remarked that the festival should be conducted peacefully without bringing in religion and caste. The court was hearing a plea moved by Mohanraj,...
Royal Enfield Is Well Known Trademark In Motor Industry: Madras High Court Restrains Service Centre From Using Mark For Goods & Services
The Madras High Court recently restrained a service centre from using the trademark “Royal Enfield” for selling or advertising its products or from replicating the look and feel of the exterior and interior of the authorized outlets of Royal Enfield. Justice Abdul Quddhose observed that “Royal Enfield” was a well-known trademark as per the provisions of Section 2(1)(zg)...
BREAKING| Madras High Court Sentences TN Minister Ponmudi To 3 Year Imprisonment In Disproportionate Asset Case
The Madras High Court has sentenced Tamil Nadu Minister Ponmudi and his wife Visalakshi to three year simple imprisonment and 50 lakh fine each in a disproportionate asset case.Justice G Jayachandran gave 30 days to the parties to surrender and added that the parties could work out their remedies before the Supreme Court during this time. The court also said that any decision on an extension...
High Court Denies Bail To ED Officer Arrested By Tamil Nadu DVAC For Allegedly Taking ₹20 Lakh Bribe
The Madras High Court on Wednesday rejected bail to Enforcement Directorate Officer Ankit Tiwari who was arrested by the Tamil Nadu Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Wing for allegedly collecting a Rs 20 lakh bribe from a government doctor by threatening to reopen a case against him. Justice V Sivagnanam of the Madurai Bench dismissed the bail plea moved by the officer. Ankit was...
“Intention To Cheat Damsel Already In Distress”: Madras High Court Refuses Bail To Producer Accused In Property Fraud By Actress Gautami
The Madras High Court recently refused to grant anticipatory bail to producer Alagappan and his family in a cheating case registered by Actress Gauthami. Noting that there was prima facie material, Justice CV Karthikeyan observed that the facts not only revealed cheating but also misappropriation and siphoning of funds for personal gains. The court also remarked that Alagappan and...
Madras High Court Sets Aside Acquittal Of TN Minister Ponmudi & His Wife In Disproportionate Assets Case
The Madras High Court on Tuesday set aside the order of a trial court acquitting Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi and his wife in a disproportionate asset case filed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in 2011. Justice G Jayachandran allowed an appeal preferred by the DVAC against a 2016 order of the Villupuram Special Court for Prevention of Corruption...
Proper Translation Of Law Books & Judgments Into Tamil Necessary To Make It Official Court Language, Fasting Will Not Help: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Monday remarked that there was no point in going on fasts to make Tamil the official language of the court and what was necessary was to make efforts to translate law books and judgments into Tamil. Justice G Jayachandran remarked that people who were demanding to make Tamil the official language for communication and pleading in the court should start by...
S.43D UAPA | In Extraordinary Circumstances, High Courts Have Discretion To Grant Bail To A Person Who Is Not An Indian Citizen: Madras HC
The Madras High Court recently observed that in extraordinary circumstances, the High Courts had discretion to grant bail even to a person who is not an Indian Citizen. “43-D (7) of the UA(P) Act, 1967, stipulates that bail cannot be granted to a person who is not an Indian citizen and has entered the country unauthorisedly or illegally…It is not as if that there is...
Can State Insist On Fixing Quota For Seat Sharing In Self-Financing Minority Educational Institutions? Madras HC Refers Matter To Full Bench
The Madras High Court has referred to the full bench the issue of whether the Government Order insisting on Minority Self Financing Education Institutions to fill up 50% of the seats based on the merit list prepared by the competent authority in light of the judgment of the Supreme Court in TMA Pai Foundation case. Justice Anand Venkatesh opined that the recent judgment of a...
Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By Kerala SRTC Against Use Of “KSRTC” Mark By Karnataka SRTC, Says Both PSUs Should Co-Exist Peacefully
The Madras High Court has recently dismissed a plea moved by Kerala State Road Transport Corporation against the registration of the word mark “KSRTC” by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy observed that as per Section 33 of the Trade Marks Act, Kerala SRTC had acquiesced in the use of the mark by the Karnataka SRTC. Similarly, relying...
“Took A Larger Risk”: Madras High Court Directs Authorities To Consider Granting Accelerated Promotion To Constable Assigned To Collect Information About Veerappan
The Madras High Court recently directed the State Government and police authorities to give accelerated promotion to Sumathi, a Grade I Constable who was assigned to collect information about the notorious Forest Brigand Veerappan. Justice K Kumaresh Babu observed that the authorities had already given accelerated promotion to another Sub-Inspector of the Special Branch assigned with...