Madras High Court
Former Minister Ponmudi Moves Madras High Court Against Magistrate Taking Cognisance Of Hate Speech Complaint
Former Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudi has approached the Madras High Court, challenging an order of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Georgetown, through which the Magistrate took cognisance of a complaint filed by a BJP Councillor, Uma Anandan, against a speech made by Ponmudi against Vaishnavism, Saivism, and women.It may be noted that on April 17th, 2025, the High Court had asked the...
Anna Nagar Sexual Assault Case: Madras High Court Directs POCSO Court To Hold Day-To-Day Trial, Orders Protection For Victim & Family
The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (24 March), directed the Special Court for trial of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to conduct a day-to-day trial in connection with the sexual assault of a 10-year-old in Chennai's Anna Nagar area. The bench of Justice P Velmurugan and Justice M Jothiraman directed the court to expedite the trial and dispose of it...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Making Three Additional Judges Of Madras High Court Permanent
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended making Justice R Poornima, Justice M Jothiraman, and Justice AD Maria Clete as permanent judges of the Madras High Court.In a statement issued on March 24th, 2026, the collegium said,The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 24th March, 2026 has approved the proposal for appointment of the following Additional Judges as Permanent Judges in...
Adopted Son's Conduct Forces Mother To Flee To Care Home; Madras High Court Orders FIR, Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On False Habeas Plea
The Madras High Court recently directed the Dindigul Taluk Police Station to register an FIR against a man, for allegedly forging the signature of his adopted mother in an attempt to loot her properties. The bench of Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan and Justice R Poornima also dismissed a habeas corpus plea filed by the man against alleged illegal detention of the mother by a care home,...
Madras High Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Plea Over Savukku Shankar's Solitary Confinement, Declines To Direct His Surrender
The Madras High Court on Tuesday (March 24) dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by Kamala, the mother of YouTuber Journalist Savukku Shankar, challenging his solitary confinement in prison during his incarceration in December 2025 in connection with an alleged extortion case. Significant to note that Shankar is currently out on interim bail in the matter.The court also disposed of a...
Madras High Court Upholds Order Directing Filmmaker Gautham Menon To Repay ₹4.25 Crore To Production Company Over Unmade Movie
The Madras High Court has dismissed an appeal by Director Gautham Vasudev Menon and his company Photon Factory, challenging a single judge's order directing them to repay Rs. 4.25 Crore along with 12% interest to production company RS Infotainment for failure to make a movie as agreed between the parties. The bench of Justice P Velmurugan and Justice K Govindarajan Thilakavadi dismissed...
Senior Citizens Act Not Retrospective, Applies Only To Post-2007 Property Transfers: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has held that provisions of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 would be applicable only to property transfers made after the commencement of the Act. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan made it clear that the act cannot be given a retrospective application. The bench noted that Section 23 of the...
Environment Clearance Certificate Not Mandatory During Land Acquisition For NHAI Projects, Needed For Construction: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has recently observed that obtaining an environment clearance certificate is not compulsory during the acquisition of land for projects for National Highways. As per the Environment Impact Assessment Notification dated September 14, 2016, obtaining an environment clearance was mandatory for all projects and activities in the nature of expansion of National...
Lawyer Urges Madras High Court To Ban 'Dhurandhar: The Revenge' Film Till State Assembly Elections
A lawyer on Monday (23rd March) made an urgent mention before the Madras High Court to ban the movie "Dhurandhar: The Revenge" in the state of Tamil Nadu in view of the upcoming assembly elections in the State.Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Tamil Nadu on 23 April, 2026.Advocate Sheela told the bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan that...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 16 to March 22, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 114 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 125 NOMINAL INDEX V Varun Kumar and Others v. P Thamizhselvan and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 114 P Vanajakshi v. The Metropolitan Transport Corporation and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 115 M Senthilmurugan v. The Inspector of Police, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 116 Mohammed Rafiq and Others v. The State and Another, 2026...
“Not A Shortcut”: Madras High Court Cautions Against Routine Use Of Detention Orders
The Madras High Court recently observed that the detention law cannot be used as a substitute for regular criminal law procedure. The bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice P Dhanabal added that the authorities can not resort to passing detention orders in every case of murder. The court added that instructions should be given to the Government to ensure that detention orders...
'Caste Has No Real Existence Except In People's Minds': Madras High Court Declines Permission For Statue Over Caste Concerns
The Madras High Court recently lamented that instead of focusing on real and tangible things in life, people are focusing on non-existent things like caste, which do not have any existence than in the minds of people. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy made the observations while noting that the state authorities in Ramanathapuram District had denied permission for installing a statue...