Madras High Court
Student With Benchmark Disability Entitled To Fee Waiver Despite Not Being Admitted Under PwD Quota: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently came to the aid of a law student with chronic schizophrenia by directing the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University to provide fee waiver, as long as the student was within the 40% benchmark disability. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that the Tamil Nadu Government and the university had introduced the welfare scheme, providing a fee waiver for...
Attack On Court-Appointed Administrator Is Attack On Judiciary: Madras High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Top Cops Over 'Inaction'
The Madras High Court has called for an explanation from the Director General of Police, Commissioner of Police, and Assistant Commissioner of Police as to why no action had been taken against persons who misbehaved with a court appointed administrator at the Pachaiyappa Trust. Justice G Jayachandran and Justice K Kumaresh Babu lamented that even after the matter was brought to...
Madras High Court Appoints Retired Judge To Supervise Allotment Of Shops At Marina Beach
The Madras High Court has appointed retired high court judge to supervise the allotment of shops at the Marina beach in an attempt to reduce the number of hawkers at the beach. The bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar and Justice AD Jagadish Chandira appointed Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court to act as the monitoring authority for...
"Won't Allow Such Practice": Madras High Court Criticises Lawyer For Raising Allegation Of Bias Against Judge In Savukku Shankar Bail Case
The Madras High Court on Wednesday (January 21), criticised a lawyer for raising allegations of bias against a judge who is seized of a plea seeking cancellation of interim bail granted to YouTuber journalist Savukku Shankar. The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan came down heavily on the lawyer who made a mention of the matter. The bench made...
Madras High Court Reserves Order On State's Plea To Cancel Savukku Shankar's Interim Bail, Flags His Derogatory Language Against Police
The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (20th January), reserved orders on a plea filed by Tamil Nadu police seeking to cancel the interim bail granted to YouTuber-Journalist Shankar alias Savukku Shankar. The bench of Justice P Velmurugan and Justice M Jothiraman said that the orders would be passed on Friday (23rd January).When the case was taken up yesterday, an apprehension of bias was raised...
Madras High Court Reserves Verdict On CBFC Appeal Against Direction To Certify Vijay Starrer 'Jana Nayagan' Film
The Madras High Court on Tuesday (January 20) reserved its verdict in the appeal preferred by the Central Board of Film Certification against a single bench order directing it to grant UA certificate to actor-politican Vijay's Tamil film 'Jana Nayagan'.The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan reserved orders after a 3-hour long hearing today. The bench...
'Jana Nayagan' Movie Case : Live Updates From Madras High Court Hearing | CBFC Appeal against Vijay's Film
The Madras High Court will continue hearing today an appeal filed by the CBFC challenging a single judge's order asking it to give U/A certificate for the 'JanaNayagan' movie starring Tamil actor-politician Vijay.The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan will hear the appeal. On January 9th, a single judge had directed the CBFC to forthwith certify...
'Concerned With System, Not Individual Apprehensions': Madras High Court Refuses To Stall Savukku Shankar Case Over Allegations Of Bias
The Madras High Court, on Monday, orally remarked that it is not concerned with the apprehensions of bias in minds of individuals and that it is only concerned about the system, as courts can't run as per individual's apprehensions. The oral comments were made by a division bench of Justice P Velmurugan and Justice M Jothiraman while hearing an application filed by the State police...
Madras High Court Moots Treating Live-In Relationships As Marriage, Calls It A 'Cultural Shock' To India
The Madras High Court recently stressed on the need to protect the rights of women who are caught up in the "modern web" of live-in relationships. Justice S Srimathy remarked that live-in relationships are a cultural shock to the Indian society but are happening widely everywhere. The bench added that the girls enter live-in relationship assuming themselves to be modern but later...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 12 - January 18, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 27 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 36 NOMINAL INDEX Kamal Haasan v Neeyevidai, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 27 Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences v. India Research Watch and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 28 Aamir Khan Productions Pvt Ltd v BSNL and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 29 Vimal Chinnappan v. The State of Tamil Nadu and Another, 2026...
Court Can't Use Inherent Powers To Grant Money Decree When It Is Not Pleaded, Discloses Clear Jurisdictional Error: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has reiterated that it cannot use inherent powers to mould the relief sought and grant a money decree when the same has not been sought or pleaded by the party. Justice AD Maria Clete added that the inherent power of the court should be exercised within the framework of the CPC and the relief should be granted in accordance with the law, complying with the...