Registrar Not Expected To Act As A Civil Court: Madras High Court Discharges Former District Registrar From Corruption Case

The Madras High Court recently discharged a former District Registrar from a corruption case observing that the materials put forward by the prosecution did not constitute any offence. The court noted that insisting a person to participate in a trial merely because the trial has commenced would violate his rights and compel him to undergo agony and anxiety. “To insist A2...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 6 - January 12, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 11 NOMINAL INDEX Mark Studio India Private Limited v. Income Tax Officer and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 3Dr Jenbagalakshmi v The State of Tamil Nadu and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 4M. Nagappan v. The Management, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 5C Kannaiyan and Others v Deputy Commissioner of Labour – I, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 6K. Ezhilarasi v...

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2024: Part II [Citation 251 to 492]

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 251 to 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 492 REPORTS Employee Cannot Be Penalised For Appointing Authority's Failure To Follow Communal Rotation Guidelines: Madras High Court Case Title: R Sasikumar v The State of Tamil Nadu Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 251 The Madras High Court recently set aside the order cancelling the appointment of a Jeep Driver who...

Surplus Temple Funds Cannot Be Used For Constructing Shopping Complexes: Madras High Court Restrains HR&CE

The Madras High Court recently restrained the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department from constructing a shopping complex in a land belong to the Arulmighu Nandeeswaram Thirukoil using the surplus temple fund. Commenting that temples should be kept out of litigation as much as possible, the bench of Chief Justice KR Shriram and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy observed...

'Police Investigation Was An Eye-Wash': Madras High Court Constitutes SIT To Investigate Illegal Mining In Western Ghats

The Madras High Court on Friday, constituted a Special Investigation Team comprising of two IPS officers to enquire into large levels of illegal mining that has been happening near the reserve forests of Western Ghats. The specially constituted forest bench of Justice N Satish Kumar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy transferred all the pending investigations into the batch of cases to the...

Sanctioning Authority U/S 17A Prevention Of Corruption Act Must Apply Mind To Both Complaint, Other Materials Related To Accusations: Madras HC

The Madras High Court recently observed that while granting approval for prosecuting a public officer under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the concerned authority should apply its mind not just to the complaint before it but also on other materials to throw light on the need for prosecution. “While satisfying himself before granting or refusing to grant approval...

Madras High Court Stays ECI Proceedings In Connection With AIADMK Party Leadership, Says Election Commission Cannot Act Like This

The Madras High Court on Thursday stayed all proceedings initiated by the Election Commission of India on the basis of representations filed by individuals in connection with the AIADMK “two leaves” symbol dispute. The bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice C Kumarappan passed the interim orders on a plea by AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswami seeking to forbear the...

Mere Suppression Of Taking Treatment Or Obtaining Medical Leave Not Reason To Deny Entire Life Insurance Claim: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that merely suppressing the fact of taking a treatment or obtaining medical leave could not be a ground to reject the entire life insurance claim. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan thus came to the aid of a widow, whose claim was rejected by the Life Insurance Corporation after her husband's death. The court noted that the petitioner's husband had died...

Corruption By Prison Officials: Madras High Court Asks Govt To Take Strict Action, Rejects Anticipatory Bail Plea Of Former Prison Superintendent

The Madras High Court has directed the State Government to take strict action, including suspension against prison officials who have been involved in misappropriation of public funds to the tune of Rs. 14.25 crores. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice M Jothiraman was hearing a petition filed by Gokila, wife of Murugaiyan, who was confined in the Puzhal Central Prison seeing...

What Constitutes Valid Service Of Notice U/S 169 Of CGST Act? Madras High Court Clarifies

The Madras High Court interpreted Section 169 of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and stated that Section 169 mandates a notice in person or by registered post or to the registered e-mail ID alternatively and on a failure or impracticability of adopting any of the aforesaid modes, then the State can, in addition, make a publication of such notices/ summons/ orders in...

Madras High Court Calls Manual Scavenger's Death 'Homicide By Insensitive Society', Orders ₹10 Lakh Compensation To Kin

The Madras High Court has ordered the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewage Board to pay Rs 10 Lakh compensation to the family of a man who died while doing manual scavenging in 2000. Citing the words of Mahatma Gandhi, Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy remarked that it was easy to blame the authorities when we, as citizens were pushing everything into the drains indiscriminately....

Civil Court Has Jurisdiction To Pass Injunctive Relief In Industrial Disputes: Madras HC

Madras High Court: A single judge bench consisting Justice V. Lakshminarayanan allowed a civil revision petition against a District Munsif's order that refused to pass an injunction against TAW Footwear Division. The Munsif had rejected the plaint holding that the matter was an industrial dispute and fell exclusively within the Labour Court's jurisdiction. However, the court ruled that...