Madras High Court
Falsely Labelling Police Constable Husband As A Terrorist Cannot Be Ignored, Caused Severe Mental Torture: Madras High Court Grants Divorce
While granting divorce to a police constable, the Madras High Court recently observed that the wife's complaint against him alleging that he had an extra-marital affair and that he had a connection with terrorist organizations could not be ignored as the same would cause severe mental torture and would amount to mental cruelty. The bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice R...
Madras High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Order Allowing Ritual Of Devotees Rolling Over Plantain Leaves On Which Food Was Eaten By Others
The Madras High Court has set aside an order of a single judge allowing Angapradakshinam, a ritual of devotees rolling over the plantain leaves on which other devotees had consumed food. The division bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar and Justice G Arul Murugan set aside an order passed by Justice GR Swaminathan in May 2024. The court noted that whether such a practice was against the...
Pleadings In Civil Suit Not Document/Instrument, Cannot Be Registered By Authorities Or Entered In Encumbrance Certificate: Madras HC
The Madras High Court has clarified that pleadings in a civil suit is not a document or instrument to be registered under the Registration Act or the Stamp Act. The court added that authorities cannot entertain the pleadings or make entries regarding the same in the encumbrance certificate. Justice Anand Venkatesh made the observations noting that previously, the courts have ruled...
Insurance Company Only Liable To Disburse Amount To Beneficiary Or Collector Nominee, Need Not Get Into Dispute Of Legal Heirs: Madras HC
The Madras High Court has recently held that while disbursing the amount under an insurance policy, the Insurance company was only expected to disburse the amount to the beneficiary nominee or collector nominee named in the policy and need not go into any dispute regarding the legal heirs. Relying on an earlier order of the Madras High Court, Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that...
State Can Acquire Temple Land For Public Projects Like Metro, No Violation Of Fundamental Rights Under Article 25, 26: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has set aside a notice issued by the Chennai Metri Rail Limited proposing to acquire the property belonging to United India Insurance for construction of metro station in connection with the Phase-II project of CMRL. Justice Anand Venkatesh held that it was open for the CMRL to acquire the property of a nearby temple, as per its original plan. Borrowing the words...
'Why Didn't ED Wait For Outcome Of Complaint?' : Madras High Court Stays ED Attachment Of Director Shankar's Property Over Copyright Dispute
The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed an order of the Enforcement Directorate provisionally attaching property worth Rs. 10 crore of Tamil filmmaker S Shankar in a copyright infringement case in connection with the 2010 movie 'Enthiran'. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice N Senthilkumar stayed the provisional attachment order on a plea moved by the Director. The ED had...
Madras High Court Orders CBCID Inquiry Against Law Firm For Alleged Involvement In Unlawful Activities In Land Transaction
The Madras High Court has directed the Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) to investigate the genuineness of a law firm and its associates after noting that the lawyers had been indulging in forum shopping, misrepresenting the court, and attempting to legalise their illegal activities. “An analysis of the entire facts and circumstances of the case including the copies...
Madras High Court Closes Interim Application Against Usage Of BTS Footage From Dhanush's Film In Nayanthara's Documentary
The Madras High Court has closed an interim application filed by Dhanush's production company – Wunderbar Films, against using footages of his movie “Naanum Rowdy Dhaan” in Nayanthara's documentary movie “Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale”. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy closed the interim application without any orders after noting the submission of Senior Advocate PS...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 3 to March 9, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 81 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 95 NOMINAL INDEX Prof. Dr. R. Manonmani and Others v. The State of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 81Bhuvaneswari and others v. M/s. Bvm Storage Solutions Pvt Ltd and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 82Regina Begum v The State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 83L V Sarojini v The District Collector and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 84C. Ganesan...
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...