Madras High Court
Madras High Court Transfers Murder Trial Against DMK MP TRVS Ramesh From Cuddalore To Chengalpattu
The Madras High Court on Thursday transferred the trial in a murder case against DMK MP TRVS Ramesh from Principal District and Sessions Court in Cuddalore to Chengalpattu.Justice Anand Venkatesh passed the order on a plea moved by Senthilvel, son of the deceased Govindarasu. Though Senthilvel had raised various allegations against the MP and other co-accused, the court observed that it...
Madras High Court Issues Notice On Appeal Seeking Permission For AYUSH Doctors To Perform Ultrasound Techniques On Pregnant Women
The Madras High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Central and State Governments in an appeal filed by the Tamil Nadu Ayush Sonologist Association challenging a single judge order dismissing their plea seeking permission to perform Ultra Sonogram and other Ultrasound techniques on pregnant women.The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice PD Audikesavalu issued notice to the...
Burial At Non-Designated Places Contravenes Rules, Take Steps To Exhume Such Bodies And Bury In Designated Places: Madras High Court Full Bench
A full bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday ruled that after the Tamil Nadu Village Panchayat (Provision of Burial and Burning Grounds) Rules 1999, came into force, any burials made at places that are not registered or licensed as Burial Grounds contravenes the rules and such bodies are to be exhumed and buried in proper designated places. The bench of Justice R Mahadevan, Justice...
Madras High Court Restrains Google From Delisting Disney+ Hotstar App From Play Store Over Failure To Accept New Payment Policy
The Madras High Court has temporarily restrained Google from delisting the mobile applications of Disney+ Hotstar from its Play Store. The court also directed Google to deduct only a 4% fee for in-app purchases made on the app. Justice PT Asha passed the directions Tuesday on an application made by Novi Digital Entertainment, a subsidiary of Star India Private Limited which owns the...
Nominate Nodal Officer To Deal With Requests Of Departments For Engaging AG, Other Law Officers; Clear Bills Expeditiously: Madras High Court To State
The Madras High Court has directed the State Government to nominate a Nodal Officer in the rank of Secretary or Additional Secretary of the State Government for dealing with the requests of various departments for the purpose of engaging Advocate General or Additional Advocate Generals in courts. “In this regard, a Nodal officer in the rank of Secretary or Additional Secretary of...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Two Advocates As Judges Of Madras High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium consisting of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, on Tuesday recommended the names of two advocates for appointment as Judges of the Madras High Court. The two advocates are:1. N Senthilkumar, and2. G Arul MuruganThe recommendation comes after the Madras High Court Collegium recommended their names in its resolution dated August...
Executive Merely Implementing Whatever Is Dictated By Party In Power, Political Parties Have Carefully Manipulated System: Madras High Court
While criticising the Director of Vigilance and Anti Corruption for ordering a fresh inquiry against the former CM Edapaddi Palaniswami, the Madras High Court said that even almost 73 years since the Constitution of India started governing this country, the "harsh reality" is that the Executive has almost lost its independence and it has virtually turned into an organ "merely executing...
Fresh Preliminary Inquiry Ordered Against Former CM Edappadi Palaniswami Only Because Of Change In Govt, Not Due To Fresh Material: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Tuesday ruled that there is no reason for conducting another preliminary inquiry by Director of Vigilance and Anti Corruption against former CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami into an alleged State highway tender scam as the earlier report does not suffer from any apparent illegality or unreasonableness. The court said the fresh inquiry has been ordered against the AIADMK...
When Wife Initiates Proceedings For Vindication Of Her Rights, It Can Never Be Considered Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court Sets Aside Divorce Decree
While setting aside a divorce decree, the Madras High Court said that when a wife initiates proceedings for vindication of her rights, it can never be termed as mental cruelty.Justice R Vijayakumar of the Madurai Bench said:“This Court is of the considered opinion that the divorce petition lacks pleadings with regard to the mental cruelty, desertion and the deposition of the husband relating...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 10 To July 16
A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 192 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 198 NOMINAL INDEX Loyola Selva Kumar v Sharon Nisha, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 192 Kajendran v Superintendent of Police and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 193 M Mathi Murugan v The Hindu Religious Charitable Endowment Department and others, 2023 LiveLaw...
Madras High Court Upholds ED's Right To Take TN Minister Senthil Balaji Into Custody; Says 'If ED Can Arrest,They Can Seek Custody Too'
Settling conflicting views regarding the power of the Enforcement Directorate to seek police custody of the accused, the Madras High Court ruled that the central agency was entitled to seek the custody of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji in the money laundering case over the alleged cash-for-jobs scam.Justice CV Karthikeyan, the third judge to whom the matter was referred to following a...