S.498A IPC Not Limited To Dowry Harassment: Madras HC Upholds Conviction Of Husband, Kin Who Forcefully Gave Abortion Pills To Wife

While refusing to set aside the conviction of a man and his mother under Section 498A of the IPC, the Madras High Court noted that the Section was not limited to dowry harassment and included any cruelty meted out to the wife by the husband and his family. “Nowhere in Section 498 (A) of IPC, it is stated that it is the offence only if it involves dowry harassment. A married woman may...

Send RPAD Reminders If No Reply Received After Repeated Uploading Of Notices In GST Portal: Madras High Court Tells Revenue

The Madras High Court stated that if the taxpayer is not at all participating in the proceedings, even after repeated uploading of notices and reminders in GST portal, the Department should have resorted to other mode of service, viz., Registered Post with Acknowledgement Due (RPAD), so that considerable time of officers, assessee and the Court could be saved. The court...

Will Register FIRs Against Those Unauthorisedly Sub-Letting Property: DGP Informs Madras High Court

The Director General of Police has informed the Madras High Court that FIRs will be registered against persons who fraudulently sublet property without the authorisation or consent of the house owner and thus cheat the house owner and third parties. The submission was made before Justice AD Jagadish Chandira, who had asked the police authorities to bring in awareness about the issue....

Service Of Notices & Orders Through Common Portal Is A Valid Mode Of Service U/S 169 Of GST Act: Madras High Court

In a recent ruling, the Madras High Court held that service of notices and orders through Common portal is a valid mode of service in terms of Section 149 of the GST Act. The bench rejected the argument that the GST portal is not a “designated computer resource of the assessee” and hence as per Sec. 13 (2) (a) (ii) of the Information Technology Act, receipt occurs only when...

'Prima Facie Hate Speech': Madras HC Initiates Suo Motu Proceedings Against Minister Ponmudi For Comments On Saivism, Vaishnavism & Women

The Madras High Court on Wednesday (April 23) initiated suo motu proceedings against Tamil Nadu Minister Ponmudi for his recent remarks on Vaishnavism and Saivism. Justice Anand Venkatesh directed the Registry to initiate suo motu writ proceedings against the Minister and place the matter before the Chief Justice for further actions. The court opined that the speech made by the Minister...

S.17 PMLA | Can't Direct ED To Serve 'Reasons To Believe' Before Conducting Search, May Lead To Concealment Of Evidence: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that it cannot issue an omnibus direction mandating the Enforcement Directorate to serve 'reason to believe' the commission of money laundering offence before conducting a search in terms of Section 17 PMLA, as the same may alert the suspect to conceal evidence."Section 17 is a preliminary stage where based on some information in possession the ED search...

Shocking That State Govt Filed Petition Against ED Raid Of TASMAC, Nothing Unusual In Detaining Employees During Search: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed the allegations made by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) that its employees and officials were harassed by the Enforcement Directorate while conducting searches at the State agency's headquarters in Chennai.The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekaran noted that the search was conducted in compliance of Section 17 of...

Madras High Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging ED Search Of TASMAC Headquarters

The Madras High Court on Wednesday (April 23) dismissed pleas by State Government and Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation challenging the recent searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on the TASMAC headquarters on March 6 and March 8. A division bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekar while pronouncing the verdict observed that in money laundering cases, a...

“Lawyers Acted As Henchmen”: Madras High Court Asks DGP To Take Action Against Lawyers Indulging In Land Grabbing

The Madras High Court has asked the police to take stern action against lawyers who are hand in gloves with litigants and are indulging in land grabbing activities. Justice Sunder Mohan directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to extend full cooperation to the police. The court also asked the Bar Council to conduct an enquiry into the alleged involvement of lawyers in...

"Further Incarceration Would Violate Rights Under Article 21": Madras HC Grants Bail To Former DMK Functionary Jaffer Sadiq Arrested By ED

The Madras High Court has granted bail to former DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq and his brother Mohammed Saleem who were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a PMLA case. Considering that the trial was not likely to be completed in the near future, Justice Sunder Mohan opined that further incarceration would violate the rights under Article 21 of the Constitution....

Madras High Court Considers Bringing In SOP For Dealing With Children Who Have Undergone Trauma By Witnessing Crimes

The Madras High Court is in the process of bringing in a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for dealing with children who have undergone trauma by witnessing crimes. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice N Senthilkumar has asked the Central and the State governments to look into the issue. The State government on Monday informed the court that after the court's previous order,...

Madras High Court Lifts Attachment Of Late Actor Sivaji Ganesan's Property In Execution Petition Against Grandson

The Madras High Court has raised attachment of property belonging to late actor Sivaji Ganesan that was attached by the court in March 2023 in a plea seeking execution of an arbitral award against his grandson Dushyanth Ramkumar and their production company Eshan Productions. Justice Abdul Quddhose ordered lifting the attachment on a plea filed by Ganesan Prabhu, the actor's elder son,...