Every Individual Has Right To Complain, Can't Be Dismissed From Service Merely Because Complaint Is Not Proved: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that every individual has a right to complain of certain misdeeds, and merely because the complaint was not proved or not substantiated with materials, the individual could not be dismissed from service. In doing so, Justice C Kumarappan modified the order of dismissal from service imposed on an Associate professor to that of compulsory...

Madras High Court Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs On State Of Tamil Nadu For “Re-Agitating” Case Which Had Already Been Decided By Supreme Court

The Madras High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs. 5 Lakh on the State of Tamil Nadu for filing a writ appeal in a matter that had already attained finality through the order of the Supreme Court. Dismissing the appeal filed by the State, Justice R Subramanian and Justice G Arul Murugan noted that the appeal was a “re-agitation” of a matter that had already been settled...

Madras High Court Upholds Order Directing Political Parties, Other Organisations To Remove Permanent Flagpoles From Govt Lands

A division bench of the Madras High Court has upheld the decision of a single judge directing all political parties, communal and other organizations in the State to remove permanent flagpoles erected by them on public places, including national highways, lands belonging to the government, etc. The division bench of Justice J Nisha Banu and Justice S Srimathy dismissed an appeal...

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Election Of DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran In 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the election of DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran from the Chennai Central constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Justice Anand Venkatesh dismissed the plea filed by Advocate ML Ravi, who had also contested the election from the same constituency for Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi. The court also allowed a plea filed by Maran seeking...

Subsequent Bail Pleas Arising Out Of Same FIR Should Be Listed Before Roster Judge: Madras Hight Court Clarifies

While answering a reference made by a single judge, a division bench of the Madras High Court has clarified that all successive bail applications/anticipatory bail applications arising out of the same FIR/Crime Number shall be listed before the judge holding the roster.On February 21, Justice Sunder Mohan had referred to a larger bench the issue on whether subsequent bail applications filed...

Modi-Trump Cartoon | Madras High Court Directs Centre To Lift Ban On Website Of Tamil Weekly Ananda Vikatan

The Madras High Court has directed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to lift the ban imposed on the website of Tamil weekly “Ananda Vikatan” for its cartoon on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy directed the government to lift the ban on the website and asked the magazine to temporarily take down the page containing...

Non-Devotional Songs Should Not Be Played Inside Temple Precincts : Madras High Court In Plea Against Singing Of Movie Songs

The Madras High Court has asked various Temple authorities to ensure that only devotional songs are played by the orchestra that it may engage during any temple festival. Justice D.Bharatha Chakravarthy was dealing with a petition stating that movie songs being sung inside temples is inappropriate. The court observed that orchestra arranged by the temple should ensure that only devotional...

Madras High Court Declines To Interfere With Order To Register FIR Against News Channel For Allegedly Revealing Identity Of POCSO Victim

The Madras High Court has recently refused to interfere with an order of the Special Judge for POCSO cases, Chennai, directing registration of an FIR against a Tamil news channel for allegedly revealing the identity of a victim in a POCSO case. As per Section 23 of the Act, media is restricted from disclosing the identity of the child, including name, address, photograph, family details,...

Madras High Court Quashes FIR Against OpIndia's Rahul Roushan, Nupur Sharma Over Alleged Fake News On Bihari Migrants Being Attacked

The Madras High Court has quashed an FIR registered against the CEO of OpIndia, Rahul Roushan, and its Editor, Nupur Sharma, for allegedly spreading fake news about migrant workers of Bihar being attacked in Tamil Nadu. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan, on Tuesday (4th March), allowed the plea filed by Rahul and Nupur in 2023 seeking to quash the FIR registered against them by the Avadi...

Madras HC Dismisses Congress Leader Manickam Tagore's Plea Seeking Rejection Of Election Petition Challenging His 2024 Lok Sabha Polls Victory

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by Congress MP Manickam Tagore seeking to reject an election petition challenging his victory from the Virudhunagar Parliamentary Constituency in the 2024 General Assembly Elections. Justice N Sathish Kumar observed that the disputed issues had to be tried with reference to the documents and evidence to be produced by...

Sufficient Grounds For Prosecution: Madras High Court Asks Trial Court To Proceed With Land Grab Case Against Former Minister MK Alagiri

The Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed a revision petition filed by the State of Tamil Nadu against the order of a Judicial Magistrate, Madurai, discharging former Union Minister MK Alagiri from offences under Sections 465, 468, and 471 of the IPC in a case for allegedly encroaching on temple land for building a college. The court also dismissed a revision petition filed by Alagiri...

Caste-Based Temple Administration Not A Religious Practice, Cannot Be Protected Under Articles 25, 26 Of Constitution: Madras High Court

Promoting its idea for a casteless society, the Madras High Court recently observed that no caste could claim ownership of a temple and that administering a temple by a particular caste was not a religious practice that could be protected under Article 25 and Article 26 of the Constitution. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy observed that only if a group followed a particular philosophy or...