Madras High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Expert Committee For Monitoring Rogue Elephant Arikomban

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a public interest litigation seeking monitoring of the rogue elephant Arikomban and to forbear the authorities from using tranquilizers on the elephant. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Lakshminarayanan took note of the submission made by the authorities that all necessary steps were being taken to monitor the movements and...

Sanatana Dharma Row | Minister Calling For Eradication Of Religion Against Article 25: Argument In Madras HC Against Udhayanidhi Holding Public Office

While arguing against the authority with which the Ministers Udhayanidhi Stalin, Sekar Babu and MP A Raja were continuing in public office in light of their remarks on Santana Dharma, the petitioners argued that the Minister had committed “fraud on the constitution”. When Justice Anitha Sumanth asked if Udhayanidhi’s speeches could be considered as part of free speech,...

Madras High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Former MLA After He Publicly Apologises For Remarks Against CM Stalin, Minister Udayanidhi

The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to AIADMK MLA Kumaraguru after noting that the MLA had tendered a public apology on October 9th to Chief Minister Stalin and State Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, for making derogatory remarks against them.Justice G Jayachandran observed that considering the public apology and the fact that Kumaraguru had immediately shown regret for...

Madras High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Hindu Makkal Katchi President For Allegedly Violating Code Of Conduct During Elections

The Madras High Court has quashed the proceedings against the President of the Hindu Makkal Katchi party Arjun Sampath pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Rajapalayam for violating the Code of Conduct during the 2019 Parliamentary Elections. It was alleged that on April 5, 2019, Arjun along with his driver were canvassing votes for their political party without seeking any...

Madras High Court Dismisses OCI Bridge Player's Appeal Against Centre's Policy Permitting Only Citizens To Participate In International Events

While refusing to interfere with an order denying permission to an Overseas Citizen of India to participate in International Bridge tournaments on behalf of the Bridge Federation of India, the Madras High Court observed that the policy framed by the Central Government clearly stated that only Indians could participate in such tournaments and in such cases, the courts could not be called...

Madras High Court Tops In Virtual Hearings, Judgment Translations: Justice M Sundar Says While Inaugurating New E-Filing Software

Speaking at the inaugural function for rolling out the new E-Filing Portal Version 3.0, e-Bail Bond Module, and Digital Transmission of Trial Court Records Software, Justice M Sundar, Chairman of the Computer Committee said that Madras High Court was topping the charts with respect to virtual hearings and translation of court judgments into regional language. Relying on the...

Due Respect Should Be Shown To COVID Front Line Workers: Madras High Court Orders Enhanced Compensation To Family Of Deceased Worker

Noting that due respect must be shown to the departed souls who worked as frontline workers during COVID-19, the Madras High Court recently directed the State to pay just and adequate compensation to the family of the deceased family. Justice S Srimathy of the Madurai bench observed that the compensation of Rs. 50,000 which was already paid to the family of the man, who was serving as...

Family Of Deceased Employee Denied Pension For 36 Yrs: Madras High Court Says Authorities' Attitude Inhuman, Calls For Proper Mechanism

The Madras High Court recently came to the rescue of a family struggling to secure family pension for the past 36 years. The court also observed that the authorities' conduct in making the family run from pillar to post for the past 36 years during which time the wife of the deceased employee had also died was not merely unlawful, arbitrary but “inhuman”. “This kind of...

Dept. Failed To Produce New Or Tangible Information To Justify The Reopening Of Assessment Against IDFC: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has quashed the reassessment proceedings against the IDFC as the department failed to produce any new or tangible information to justify the reopening of the assessment.The bench of Justice Anita Sumanth has observed that the information already on file that was examined in the first instance cannot satisfy the legislative requirement under Section 148 Explanation 1,...

Magistrate Cannot Peruse Veracity Of Witnesses While Taking Cognisance Of Complaint Under Section 200 CrPC: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that while taking cognisance of a complaint under Section 200 CrPC, the Magistrate could not look into the veracity of the witnesses. The court added that at the cognisance stage, the Magistrate could only check whether prima facie materials were available to constitute an offence or not. Justice P Dhanabal of the Madurai bench relied on...

Police Had Nothing To Do With Cancellation Of Leo Audio Launch, False Narrative Being Spread: TN Govt To Madras HC

The State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohammad Jinnah, on Friday, informed the Madras High Court that the police had nothing to do with the cancellation of the audio launch of the upcoming Vijay starrer movie Leo. He added that malicious propaganda was being spread as if the state was against the fans of the star.The submissions were made before Justice G Jayachandran in response to the remarks...

[Section 220 Income Tax Act] Cannot Escape Payment Of Interest Merely Due To Wrong PAN Number In Order: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that PAN particulars are only one of the modes to identify an individual and merely because a wrong PAN number was given in the order by the Adjudicating officer of SEBI, a person could not escape payment of interest. Justice N Seshasayee observed that when the penalty itself was paid, the petitioner could not escape payment of interest...