Madras High Court
Madras HC Rejects Plea Seeking Direction To Centre For Pursuing Reforms In UN To Secure India's 'Due Place'
The Madras High Court recently dismissed a petition filed seeking a direction to the Ministry of External Affairs to consider the issue of demanding a definite reformation of the United Nations Organisation (UNO). A bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice AD Maria Clete termed the petition and the relief sought therein as 'misconceived' which fell "beyond the realm...
Madras High Court Monthly Digest - June 2025
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"Why So Much Hurry?"Madras High Court Asks Actor Vijay's Party To Submit Fresh Representation For Protest, Asks Police To Decide
The Madras High Court disposed of a petition filed by actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party to hold a protest over the custodial death of one Ajith Kumar in Sivaganga District. The court asked the party to submit a fresh representation to the state police seeking permission for the protest. The party had initially planned to conduct the protest on July 6th (Sunday).Justice...
Will Order CBI Probe If Police Doesn't Act On Complaints Against Ponmudi's Hate Speech: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Friday orally remarked that it would order a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) if the Tamil Nadu police failed to take action on complaints against former Minister K Ponmudy for his recent remarks on Vaishnavism and Saivism. Justice P Velmurugan expressed dissatisfaction with the authority's inaction and said that he would take a final call on...
NEET UG 2025: Madras High Court Rejects Appeal Seeking Re-Exam For Candidates Affected By Power Outage In Chennai
The Madras High Court has rejected the appeal preferred against a single bench decision refusing to order re-examination of NEET UG 2025, over issue of power outage at some exam centres in Chennai. The bench of Justice J Nisha Banu and Justice M Jothiraman dismissed the appeal filed by a group of students, claiming that their performance was hindered due to the heavy rainfall and...
Madras High Court Refuses To Urgently Hear Plea By Actor Vijay's Party To Hold Protest Over Sivaganga Custodial Death
Update at evening : Madras High Court Asks Actor Vijay's Party To Submit Fresh Representation For Protest, Asks Police To DecideThe Madras High Court on Friday (July 4) refused to urgently hear a petition filed by Actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party to hold a protest on July 6th, (Sunday) over the custodial death of one Ajith Kumar in Sivaganga District. Justice...
Madras High Court Upholds Global Prior Use In MediaMonks Trademark Dispute
The Madras High Court has allowed a rectification petition for removal of trademark filed with the name "MEDIA MONK LABEL" and "MEDIA MONK" registered and being used by the respondent. The petition was filed by an international digital advertising company of the same name. The single bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, allowing the petition, held that the party that uses the mark on...
Customs Department Bound By DGFT's Classification Of Capital Goods Under EPCG Scheme: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court stated that customs department bound by DGFT's classification of capital goods under EPCG scheme (export promotion capital goods scheme). The Division Bench consists of Justices Anita Sumanth and N. Senthilkumar observed that “there is no justification in the Department having made the assessee litigate the issue needlessly despite the CBEC having...
'People Say A Lot Of Things On Mic': Madras HC Rejects Plea To Interrogate BJP Leader For Evidence In Anna University Sexual Assault Case
The Madras High Court on Tuesday (July 1) dismissed a plea seeking to interrogate BJP leader Annamalai in connection with the evidence allegedly in his possession with respect to the Anna University sexual assault case. In a recent interview, Annamalai had claimed that he had materials connecting higher officials with the Anna University Case. He said that he knew who the accused...
"State Killing Its Own Citizen?" Madras High Court Slams Police In Sivanganga Custodial Death Case, Asks District Judge To Conduct Inquiry
Criticising the police brutality in the alleged custodial death of Ajith Kumar in Sivaganga, the Madras High Court today (July 01) orally remarked that the incident was a "police organised crime" where the State was killing its own people."It's police organised crime. State killing its own citizens. Is it not? Your action should be more stringent than in the case of an ordinary murder. A...
POCSO Act | Madras HC 'Shocked' At Prosecution For Not Seeking Further Probe After Negative DNA Report Of Accused; Orders Re-Investigation
The Madras High Court recently ordered a re-investigation in a POCSO case after noting that the police had failed to conduct further investigation when the DNA test of the accused gave a negative result. The court said that a further investigation was crucial to find the actual culprit in the case. “It is shocking that despite the negative DNA report, the prosecution has not...