Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 14 - April 20, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 138 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 143 NOMINAL INDEX The State of Tamil Nadu and Others v. K Bashiri and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 138 Kunal Kamra v. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 139 Dr. R. Mathivanan v. Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 140 South Indian Senguntha Mahajana Sangam v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad)...

Madras High Court Reserves Orders On Pleas Challenging ED Search At TASMAC Headquarters, Verdict Likely On April 23

The Madras High Court has reserved orders on pleas filed by the State Government and the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation challenging the recent searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on the TASMAC headquarters on March 6 and March 8. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekar reserved the orders today after hearing Senior Advocate Vikas Singh for TASMAC. In...

Madras High Court Recommends Formation Of Special Committee To Identify And Address Behavioural Issues In Students

The Madras High Court has recommended the formation of a Special Committee with statesmen, scholars, psychoanalysts, and representatives from the Departments of Human Resource Development, Higher Education, School Education, and Police to identify and address behavioral issues among youngsters. Justice AD Jagadish Chandira said that the issue required urgent intervention by...

Did Not Harass TASMAC Officers During Search, Allegations A Mere Afterthought: ED Tells Madras High Court

While making submissions in support of the search conducted by the Enforcement Directorate in the TASMAC headquarters, the ED, on Thursday, contended that the allegation of harassment raised by TASMAC was a mere afterthought for creating grounds in the present case. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju was making submissions before the bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K...

Madras High Court Bans 28 Plastic Items In Kodaikanal And Nilgiris

The Madras High Court has banned the manufacture, storage, supply, transport, sale, and distribution of 28 items of plastic throughout the Western Ghats, sanctuaries, and tiger reserves, starting from the Nilgiris up to the Agathiyar Biosphere in Kanyakumari District, which includes the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal hill areas. The forest bench of Justice N Satish Kumar and...

Perpetuating Caste Will Breach Fraternity: Madras High Court Orders Removal Of Caste Names From Educational Institutions

The Madras High Court has asked the Inspector General of Registration to ensure that no society is registered with a caste name or for the purpose of perpetuating caste in the State. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy added that if such societies are running schools, colleges, or other educational institution, it should be ensured that the institution does not display caste...

Madras High Court Asks State To Register FIR Against Minister K Ponmudi For Comments On Saivism, Vaishnavism And Women

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to register an FIR against Minister for Forests K Ponmudi for his recent remarks in connection with Saivism and Vaishnavism. Justice Anand Venkatesh warned the State that it would take suo motu action against the Minister if the State was not willing to register the FIR. "If they don't, then I'll initiate suo motu," the judge told...

Re-Employment Of Faculty Retiring Mid-Academic Year Is Mandatory, But Disciplinary Proceedings & 'No Work, No Pay' Deny It : Madras HC

A Division bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Justice G. Jayachandran and Justice R. Poornima held that the re-employment of faculty retiring mid-academic year is mandatory, but if there are pending disciplinary proceedings and further the 'no work, no pay' principle applies, then the re-employment is not allowed. Background Facts The appellant served in the...

Madras High Court Closes Kunal Kamra's Plea For Transit Anticipatory Bail After Bombay HC's Order For Interim Protection From Arrest

The Madras High Court on Thursday (April 17) has disposed of the transit anticipatory bail petition filed by comedian Kunal Kamra in connection with the FIR lodged against him in Mumbai over his alleged remarks against Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.Justice Sunder Mohan closed his petition after Kamra's Advocate V Suresh informed the court that the Bombay High Court had granted...

Lawyer Moves Madras HC Seeking Action Against Minister K Ponmudi For Alleged Derogatory Comments On Saivism, Vaishnavism & Women

A lawyer has approached the Madras High Court to remove and disqualify Tamil Nadu Minister for Forests K Ponmudi for allegedly making derogatory speech against Saivism, Vaishnavism and women in general. Advocate B Jaganath has filed the plea to declare that the recent speech made by Ponmudi as ultra vires and patently violative of Article 188, Article 99 of the Constitution and the oath...

Suspicion Over TASMAC Employees Taking Bribe Enough To Search Head Office, Court Cannot Scrutinise Place Of Search: ED Tells Madras High Court

On Wednesday, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), informed the Madras High Court that the agency had raided the headquarters of the TASMAC because it had "grounds to believe" that proceeds of crime or evidence connected to proceeds of crime were present at the premises.Yesterday, a division bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and K Rajasekaran...

ED Conducting Roving Inquiry Because Of Upcoming Elections : TASMAC To Madras High Court

The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation, on Tuesday, argued that the Enforcement Directorate's recent searches were in connection with the upcoming Tamil Nadu Elections as it wanted to tarnish the image of people involved in the election. Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for TASMAC was making submissions before the bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and...