Madras High Court Refuses To Interfere With Conviction Of Actor-Politician S. Ve Shekar For Comments Against Women Journalists

The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with the conviction of Actor-Politician S. Ve Shekar for his derogatory comments against women journalists. Justice P Velmurugan noted that though Shekar had apologized, an apology itself would not be sufficient. The court added that once the contents are released and seen by persons, the complainants would be degraded and apologising...

Anna University Sexual Assault Case Being Politicised, Political Parties Protesting For Media Attention: Madras High Court Remarks Orally

The Madras High Court on Thursday lamented over the politicization of the recent alleged sexual assault of a second-year engineering student at Anna University, without any genuine concerns for women's safety. Justice P Velmurugan commented that instead of taking the incident as a wake-up call to focus on the atrocities against women and taking measures against the same, the issue...

Madras High Court Monthly Digest - December 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 465 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 492 NOMINAL INDEX Chandru and Others v. State, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 465 R Thamaraiselvan v. Government of India, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 466 Sathish and Another v Food Safety Officer, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 467 Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre v The National Medical Commission, 2024 LiveLaw...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 23 to December 29, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 489 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 492 NOMINAL INDEX Rangarajan Narasimnhan v State of Tamil Nadu, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 489M.Tamilselvan v The District Collector and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 490H Raja v The State, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 491R Varalakshmi v The Government of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 492 REPORT Madras High Court Grants Interim Bail...

BREAKING | Madras High Court Forms SIT To Investigate The Alleged Sexual Assault Of Student In Anna University, Orders 25Lakh Interim Compensation To Survivor

The Madras High Court on Saturday (December 28) formed a Special Investigation Team comprising of women IPS officers to investigate into the alleged sexual assault of a 2nd Year Engineering Student inside the Anna Univeristy campus in Chennai earlier on Monday. A division bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Lakshminarayanan held a special sitting on Saturday and passed the orders on...

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 to 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 250 REPORTS Madras High Court Issues Compendium Of Procedure To Be Followed By Advisory Board Constituted Under TN Preventive Detention Act Case Title: Ganeshkumar v The Principal Secretary to Government Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 The Madras High Court recently issued a compendium of procedures to be followed by...

Madras High Court Suspends Sentence Imposed On BJP's H Raja Over Comments Against Periyar, Kanimozhi

The Madras High Court on Friday suspended the sentence imposed on BJP's H Raja for his derogatory speech against Periyar and Kanimozhi Karunanidhi. The special court had imposed the sentence on December 2. Justice L Victoria Gowri suspended the 6-month sentence imposed on him by the Special Court for Trial of Cases Against MLAs/MPs in Chennai The special court had sentenced Raja for...

'No One Should Blame Girl For Being With Male Friend': Madras HC Orally Remarks In Plea For CBI Probe Into Anna University Sexual Assault

While hearing a batch of pleas seeking a CBI probe into the recent sexual assault of a second-year engineering student at Anna University in Chennai, the Madras High Court on Friday (December 27) orally emphasized that no one should blame the victim for being with her male friend when the incident happened. "Just because this incident has happened, no one should blame the girl for sitting...

Madras High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Alleged Sexual Assault Of Student At Anna University

The Madras High Court on Friday (December 27) took suo motu cognizance of the alleged sexual assault of a 2nd-year Engineering Student inside the Anna University campus in Chennai. A division bench bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Lakshminarayanan took suo motu cognizance of the incident based on a letter by Advocate R Varalakshmi. The bench however refrained from passing any...

Madras High Court Grants Interim Bail To Temple Activist, Asks Him To Refrain From Making Objectionable Comments Against Women

The Madras High Court has granted bail to temple activist Rangarajan Narasimham for allegedly making derogatory comments against a woman on social media. While granting interim bail, Justice V Lakshminarayanan asked Narasimham to delete all the offensive messages and refrain from making any vituperative comments against women in any of the social media forums. The court also...

Assets And Liabilities Of Public Servant Cannot Be Shielded From Public Scrutiny, Be Completely Exempted U/S 8 Of RTI Act: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that the service register of a public servant could not be completely exempted under Section 8 of the Right to Information Act. Section 8(j) of the RTI Act exempts personal information from disclosure. Justice CV Karthikeyan observed that the service register of the public servant contains details of the assets and liabilities of the employee which...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 16 to December 22, 2024

A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 479 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 488 NOMINAL INDEX Amudha v State, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 479 K. Sundari v. C. A. R. P. Mari, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 480 KC Chandran and Others v Directorate of Enforcement, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 481 Malliga (Died) and Others v. S Shanmugam (Died) and Others,...