Article 285 of Constitution | Railway Property Will Be Exempt From All Taxes Imposed By State Even If Used For Commercial Purpose: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that the property belonging to the Union will be exempt from any tax imposed by the State as per Article 285(1) of the Constitution, even if it is put to commercial use. “Merely because the property in question has been put to commercial use, that would not make any difference. The plain language of Article 285(1) of the Constitution of...

Frequent Boycott Of Courts By Lawyers On Flimsy Reasons Not Appreciated, A Concern To Judiciary: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently criticised the frequent boycott of courts by lawyer bodies over “flimsy” grounds or based on certain individual grievances. The court said that such practice must not be appreciated. The court observed that in case of grievances, the lawyers should approach the Bar Council or competent authorities and not resort to a boycott...

Don't Have Power To Seal Premises If Locked During Search: ED Admits Before Madras High Court

The Enforcement Directorate, on Tuesday, admitted before the Madras High Court that it did not have power to seal premises if the same was locked at the time of making a search as per Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayan was hearing petitions filed by film producer Akash Bhaskaran and businessman Vikram Ravindran...

Will Consider Certifying "Manushi" Movie If Objectionable Content Is Removed: CBFC Tells Madras High Court In Vetri Maaran's Plea

The Madras High Court on Tuesday disposed of a plea filed by director Vetri Maaran challenging the CBFC's refusal to certify the upcoming Tamil movie “Manushi”, produced by Maaran, without specifying the objectionable content. The CBFC informed Justice N Anand Venkatesh that as per the previous order of the court, the reviewing board had watched the movie again and had provided...

Unsubstantiated Sexual Harassment Allegation Against Husband, Father-in-Law Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court

While granting divorce to a husband, the Madras High Court recently observed that making unsubstantiated sexual allegations against husband and father-in-law amounts to defamation which in turn constitutes mental cruelty. The bench of Justice J Nisha Banu and Justice R Sakthivel held as under, “As elaborated above, the unestablished sexual allegations made by the respondent...

Madras High Court Criticizes Police For "Suppressing Dissent", Suo Moto Prosecuting Peaceful Protestors

The Madras High Court recently criticised the Tamil Nadu police for trying to suppress dissent by registering criminal cases against individuals who were peacefully protesting against issues that affected public health and social welfare. The court thus quashed criminal proceedings against individuals who had participated in protests against the functioning of a TASMAC outlet in a populated...

'No One Above Law': Madras High Court Orders Arrest Of ADGP To Investigate His Alleged Involvement In Abduction Case

The Madras High Court has ordered the Tamil Nadu police to arrest Additional Director General of Police HM Jayaram to investigate his alleged involvement in an abduction case. The judge has also asked KV Kuppam MLA "Poovai" Jagan Moorthy to cooperate with the investigating authorities. Justice P Velmurugan directed the police to take action against the ADGP as per law. The court added that...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 9 - June 15, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 192 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 200 NOMINAL INDEX Lyca Productions Private Limited v Vishal Krishna Reddy, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 192 A Shankar @ Savukku Shankar v. The Director, CBI, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 193 V Easwaran v. Government of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 194 G Devarajan V The Special Tahsildar and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 195 Karthik...

Madras High Court Issues Notice To DGP And Commissioner In Suo Motu Case Against Ponmudi's Speech

The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Director General of Police and the Commissioner of Police (Greater Chennai) on a suo motu case initiated by the court against former Tamil Nadu Minister Ponmudi for his recent remarks on Vaishnavism and Saivism.Justice P Velmurugan issued notice to the officers returnable by June 25th. The suo motu case was initiated based on an order by...

Madras High Court Dismisses Google's Plea To Reject Plaint By Testbook Edu Solutions Against New Play Store Billing Policy

The Madras High Court has dismissed an application filed by Google India Private Limited and Google India Digital Services Private Limited to reject a plaint filed by Testbook Edu Solutions Private Limited challenging Google's new billing policy. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy noted that Testbook's plaint was different from the earlier plaints filed by other startups on the...

Madras High Court Rules Against Privatisation Of Natham Lands, Says It Can Be Allotted Only To Poor Landless Or For Public Use

The Madras High Court has clarified that no person can claim ownership of a grama natham land (village house sites) by occupation and such lands were meant to be allotted to the landless poor or used for public purpose. In doing so, the bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekar took a view different from that taken by a single judge holding that when an occupation of...

Madras High Court Suspends One-Month Imprisonment Imposed On IAS Officer In Contempt Case

The Madras High Court has suspended the sentence of one-month imprisonment imposed on IAS officer Anshul Mishra for “civil contempt” by failing to follow an earlier order of the court in a land case.The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayanan suspended the sentence imposed by the judge. The court was hearing an appeal preferred by the IAS officer seeking to set aside...