Madras High Court Sets Aside Order Remanding DSP In SC/ST Act Case, Directs Enquiry Into Alleged Misuse Of Power By Trial Court Judge

The Madras High Court has set aside an unusual order passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kancheepuram, remanding a Deputy Superintendent of Police and externing other accused persons.Calling the trial court judge's order "unwarranted", Justice N Satish Kumar directed the high court's Registrar (Vigilance) to conduct an enquiry into allegations of bias and misuse of power by...

Madras High Court Keeps In Abeyance Order Constituting Commission To Probe Allegations Of Police Violence Against Detained Lawyers

The Madras High Court has kept in abeyance an interim order passed earlier this month, appointing a one-man commission headed by a retired judge of the high court to probe into allegations of police violence during the detention of lawyers and law students who took part in the protest organised by the sanitation workers of Greater Chennai Corporation. The bench of Justice J Nisha...

Madras High Court Asks Authorities To Allow PwD Candidate To Participate In NEET PG 2025-26 Counselling Based On Rank Secured In 2024 Exam

The Madras High Court recently directed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the office of Medical Counselling Committee, the National Medical Commission, and the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to permit a physically disabled candidate to attend the counselling for NEET PG 2025-26 based on the rank secured by him in NEET PG 2024. Justice C Kumarappan relied on...

Rithanya Dowry Death Case: Madras High Court Refuses To Transfer Probe, Asks Superintendent Of Police To Monitor

The Madras High Court has directed the Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur, to monitor the investigation in connection with the death of 27-year-old Rithanya, who committed suicide earlier in July this year, over alleged dowry harassment. Justice Satish Kumar disposed of the petition filed by Annadhurai, Rithanya's father, seeking to transfer the investigation to an...

Madras High Court Stays Order Directing Tamil Weekly To Pay ₹25 Lakh To DMK's TR Balu For Publishing Defamatory Content

The Madras High Court has stayed an order of the single judge directing the Editor, Publisher, and the Printer of the Tamil weekly “Junior Vikatan” to pay Rs. 25,00,000 as damages to DMK's TR Balu for publishing malicious and defamatory content against him. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice C Saravanan passed the interim order in an appeal preferred by the magazine...

Madras High Court Interim Order Restrains 'Good Bad Ugly' Makers From Using Ilaiyaraja Songs In The Movie

The Madras High Court has temporarily restrained the makers of Ajith starrer Good Bad Ugly movie from using three songs of musician Ilaiyaraja. Justice N Senthilkumar granted the temporary injunction in a plea moved by the musician seeking to restrain Mythri Movie Makers, producers of the movie, from exhibiting, screening, selling, distributing, publishing, broadcasting the...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 01 - September 07, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 292 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 297 NOMINAL INDEX Raja Mathan and Others v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (292) S. Vijay v. The Commissioner of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 293 Thirumalaisamy v. The State of Tamilnadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 294 Women Lawyers Association of Nilgiris v. The Secretary and others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 295 K.J. Vinod...

Is Governor Bound By Advice Of Council Of Ministers In Matters Of Remission & Premature Release? Madras High Court Refers To Larger Bench

The Madras High Court has referred to the larger bench the issue of whether the governor is bound by the decision of the Council of Ministers in matters pertaining to remission and premature release, and if so, what are the circumstances in which the governor could exercise discretion and take a different view from that of the Council of Ministers. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh...

Court Can Take Note Of Subsequent Events To Reject Plaint: Madras High Court Rejects Plea Against AIADMK Leadership

The Madras High Court has recently allowed a civil revision petition filed by AIADMK head Edappadi Palanisamy against the dismissal of an application filed by him to reject a plaint filed by one Suriyamoorthy against the AIADMK leadership. Justice PB Balaji noted that as per the law laid down by the Supreme Court, there was no embargo on the courts taking note of subsequent events...

Madras High Court Monthly Digest: August 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 263 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 291 NOMINAL INDEX Davidson Devasirvatham v A Shankar @ Savukku Shankar, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 263 MP Ranjan Kumar v. The Commissioner of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 264 Vajra Global Consulting Service LLP v. Assistant Director of Income Tax, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 265 Dr. M Sathya Kumar v. The Government of Tamil Nadu and...

Absence Of Disciplinary Proceedings Bars NCLT From Rejecting Proposed IRP Under IBC: Madras High Court

The Division Bench of Madras High Court, comprising Justice Dr. Anita Sumanth and Mr. Justice N. Senthilkumar, has held that in the absence of disciplinary proceedings pending against the professional, NCLT is bound to appoint the IRP proposed by the applicant under sections 7 and 10 of the IBC, 2016. Background of the Case The petition under Article 226 was filed to quash...

No Statutory Bar In Recognising More Than One Association: High Court Asks TN Bar Council To Consider Plea Of Nilgiris Women Lawyers Body

The Madras High Court has directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to reconsider an application filed by the Women Lawyers Association of Nilgiris for recognition. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayanan held that the Bar Council's view, that only one association could be recognised in a district, was misconceived and contrary to the Welfare Fund...