Transfer Justice T Raja From Madras HC To Rajasthan HC At The Earliest : SC Collegium Reiterates

The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated the transfer of Justice T Raja, Acting Chief Justice of the Madras High Court to the Rajasthan High Court.Justice T Raja, who will attain superannuation on May 24 this year, assumed the office of Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court in September 22, 2022 and has continued in office since thenThrough a resolution dated November 16 2022, the...

SC Collegium Recommends Justice S V Gangapurwala As Chief Justice Of Madras High Court

The Supreme Court collegium comprising of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K M Joseph, M R Shah and Ajay Rastogi on Wednesday proposed the appointment of Justice SV Gangapurwala as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. In a separate resolution, the collegium reiterated its earlier proposal to transfer the Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court T Raja to Rajasthan...

'Judicial Conscience Shocked': Madras High Court Upholds Pastor's Detention For Sexually Assaulting Physically And Mentally Challenged Minor Girl

While dismissing a habeas corpus petition filed by the wife of a pastor who was detained under The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Forest Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum-Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, for sexually assaulting a physically and mentally challenged minor girl, the Madras High Court observed...

Fishermen Cannot Claim Traditional Rights Without Statutory Backing: Madras High Court On Marina Loop Road Encroachment

While hearing a suo moto public interest litigation related to the traffic chaos caused on the Loop Road by fish stalls, the Madras High Court said that the fishermen, who had put up stalls on both sides of the roads, cannot not claim a traditional right over the roads without any statutory backing.The division bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice PB Balaji had last week ordered removal of...

Incomprehensible For A Child To Understand Sexual Act, Can’t Be Tutored: Madras High Court Upholds Rape Conviction, Enhances Sentence

While upholding the conviction of a man for sexually assaulting a minor child, the Madras High Court said that a child who is a victim of sexual assault, cannot be tutored to give evidence since it is incomprehensible for a child to understand a sexual act. The court also enhanced the sentence from three years to seven years. Justice Anand Venkatesh noted that a child witness would...

COVID-19: Madras High Court ACJ T Raja Urges Lawyers To Wear Masks, Says 3-4 Judges Have Tested Positive

Amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country, Acting Chief Justice T Raja of the Madras High Court on Tuesday urged all the lawyers appearing in the courts to wear masks when not arguing. Justice Raja also asked why many lawyers were still crowding the court halls in spite of the availability of a hybrid system. The judge also revealed that three to four judges of the high court have...

'Standard Of Cross Examination Has Gone Down Drastically, Trial Court Advocates Not Developing Their Skills': Madras High Court

While dealing with an appeal challenging the conviction in a rape case, the Madras High Court recorded its displeasure at the manner in which cross-examination is being carried out in the trial courts. It is quite unfortunate that the trial court advocates are not developing their skills of cross examination, said the court.Justice Anand Venkatesh said that the art of cross-examination...

Kalakshetra Sexual Harassment Case: Madras High Court To Decide On Reconstituting ICC; Restrains College From Taking Action Against Students

The Madras High Court on Monday said that it will decide on reconstituting the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to look into the allegations of sexual harassment against the faculty of the Kalakshetra Foundation."I have decided to form a committee. For the interest of the students, we have to protect the foundation. The Foundation has a respectable name, and has had a long standing. Its...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 10 To April 16

A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court: Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 115 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 119 NOMINAL INDEX Sankar v The State, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 115 Sivaprakasam v. The District Collector and 5 othrs, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 116 V Senthil Balaji v. Nirmal Kumar and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 117 Kudankulam Nuclear Power Employees Union...

Admitted Students Without Recognition, Must Suffer Consequences: Madras High Court Imposes 5 Lakh Cost On College

While refusing to grant relief to Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Education, the Madras High Court heavily criticised the college for admitting students in the 2021-2022 academic year when it did not have any affiliation.Imposing a cost of five lakh rupees, Justice CV Karthikeyan said that the college should suffer the consequences of its actions and also left it open to the students to...

Dr Ambedkar Would Have Asked People To Work Extra, Not Declare It As Holiday: Madras High Court On Ambedkar Jayanti Holiday

Dealing with Kudankulam Nuclear Power Employees Union petition's seeking benefit of wages for the work done on a holiday, the Madras High Court remarked that public servants are like school children who always welcome holidays and exemption from work. The court was hearing a plea claiming double wages for working on a declared holiday (Ambedkar Jayanti).Justice GR Swaminathan of the Madurai...

Social Media Followers, Speed With Which Messages Are Disseminated Relevant While Deciding Application For Deleting Tweets: Madras High Court

While disposing of the application filed by DMK Minister V Senthil Balaji seeking to restrain Tamil Nadu BJP IT Wing head CTR Nirmal Kumar from making defamatory allegations against him, the Madras High Court noted that when application are filed for deletion of alleged defamatory tweets, follower counts, speed and frequency with which the messages are disseminated and the interactive...