Madras High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Directing MediaOne To Pay ₹1.23 Crore In 'Maatraan' Film Dispute

In a rejection of a challenge to an arbitral award, the Madras High Court has upheld the Sole Arbitrator's decision directing MediaOne Global Entertainment Ltd. to pay over 1.23 crores in relation to an agreement over the release of the film “Maatraan”. Dissmissing a plethora of arguments contended by the Petitioner, Justice N. Anand Venkatesh on 28th November 2025 ruled that...

Madras High Court Strikes Down Wrongful Copyright Entry Over 'Sagar Homeo Stores' Logo

The Madras High Court has ordered the cancellation of a copyright entry that wrongly gave a rival businessman ownership of the artistic logo used by the long-established “Sagar Homeo Stores,” holding that the record had been incorrectly created despite the store's earlier trademark and copyright registrations. A single bench of Justice N Senthilkumar passed the order on November 28,...

Madras High Court Permits Lighting Of Lamp At Thiruparakundram Hills, Says It Won't Affect Rights Of Dargah Or Muslims

The Madras High Court has permitted the lighting of lamps (Karthigai deepam) at the Deepathoon (stone lamp pillar) atop the Thiruparakundram hills. Justice GR Swaminathan primarily observed that the deepathoon was not located in the area that belonged to the Muslims and thus lighting the lamp would not affect the rights of the community. At the same time, the court added that not...

“Overarching Public Interest”: Madras High Court Permits State To Carry Out Development Works In Land That Was Leased To Madras Race Club

The Madras High Court has permitted the Tamil Nadu government to carry out its development works for the strengthening of ponds to store excess rainwater and the development of Eco Park in the land that was earlier leased out to the Madras Race Club. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq observed that there was an urgent and compelling need for the State...

Income Tax Act | Payment For IPLC Services Not 'Royalty' U/S 9; Assessee Entitled To Deduction U/S 40(a)(i): Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that payment for IPLC (International Private Leased Circuits) Services does not constitute 'royalty' under Section 9 of the Income Tax Act, and that the assessee is entitled to a deduction under Section 40(a)(i) of the Income Tax Act. Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan examined whether the payment made by the assessee for...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 24 - November 30, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 436 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 454 NOMINAL INDEX Balveer Singh v. The State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 436 Vishal Krishna Reddy v. Lyca Productions, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 437 Suriya and Another v. Gandhi and another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 438 S. Senthil v. The Commissioner of Income Tax, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 439 People for Cattle in India v. The Commissioner, GCC...

Madras High Court Jails Contemnor For Repeated Breach Of HUL's 'WHEEL' Trademark Injunction

The Madras High Court has sentenced the proprietor of Roopa Industries to three months civil imprisonment and attached the company's property for repeatedly breaching an injunction protecting HUL's 'WHEEL' and 'ACTIVE WHEEL' trademarks.In an order passed on November 26, 2025, Justice N Senthilkumar found that Roopa Industries had continued using deceptively similar marks despite a...

Arbitrator Can't Pierce Corporate Veil To Fasten Liability On Non-Signatory: Madras High Court Partially Sets Aside Award

The Madras High Court partially set aside an arbitral award holding that arbitrator cannot pierce a corporate veil or treat a non-signatory as an alter ego to fasten liability, while modifying the award to direct repayment of a loan of Rs. 2.5 crore with interest. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh held that the arbitrator exceeded its jurisdiction by treating a third party as...

Madras High Court Reserves Orders On Pleas To Formulate SOP For Conducting Political Rallies

The Madras High Court, on Friday (28th November), reserved orders on a batch of pleas seeking to formulate a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed while granting permission for political parties to conduct public meetings.The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan reserved orders after hearing the political parties involved in the litigation...

Validity Of Second Marriage Won't Affect Family Pension When Deceased Nominated Only Second Wife For Receiving Benefits: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently ordered the Directorate of Pension and other officials to grant family pension to the second wife of a deceased man, even though the marriage was void. Justice K Kumaresh Babu noted that even though the marriage was void, since it was solemnized during subsistence of the first marriage, the deceased employee had nominated the second wife, and not...

Even Though Evidence Act Is Not Applicable To Arbitration, Tribunal Must Follow Its Core Principles: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently observed that although arbitral tribunals are not bound by the Evidence Act, they must still follow its foundational principles when assessing evidence to avoid judicial scrutiny. A single bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesh stated that “the fundamental principles of the Evidence Act which provides the basis for dealing with the case must be satisfied...

Madras High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Pushed Former Lover In Front Of Train For Refusing Marriage

The Madras High Court has commuted the death sentence of a man who pushed his former lover in front of a moving train after she refused to marry him. While the bench of Justice N Sathish Kumar and Justice M Jothiraman agreed that the commission of murder could not be justified, the court added that the act did not fall under the category of rarest of rare. The court also noted that...