Madras High Court Monthly Digest - June 2023

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 156 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 180 NOMINAL INDEX Vediyappan v State, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 156 Salem District Nature and Environment Protection Society v. Chief Secretary to Government and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 157 Theeran Thirumurugan v. Union of India and others, 2023 Livelaw (Mad) 158 Yuvaraj v Additional Superintendent of Police and other (batch cases), 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 159 The Director of School Education and Others v. M Velayutham and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 160 S Raja v M/s.Hindustan Unilever Ltd and another, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 161 Abubakkar Shithik v State and another, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 162 Saravanan v State, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 163 The Kennel Club of India and others v. The Union of India and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 164 K. Mubeena Banu v. Tamil Nadu Health & Family Welfare Department and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 165 Ditty Mathew v. The Secretary and others (and connected case), 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 166 S Megala v The State and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 167 Senthil Balaji v. A Shankar, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 168 Aarur Tamilnadam v S Sankar and others, 2023 Livelaw (Mad) 169 Sudha Sarveshkumar v Chief Secretary and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 170 Elephant G Rajendran v The Registrar General and others, 2023 Livelaw (Mad) 171 Kannaian Naidu and others v Kamsala Ammal and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 172 V Sundararaj v. The Registrar General and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 173 Pasumai Thaayagam Foundation v. The State and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 174 Muthu Subramania Gurukkal v The Commissioner, HR&CE Department and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 175 Mr. Ramasaravanan v. Udayanidhi Stalin and another, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 176 AP Ramalingam v The Secretary to Government and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 177 Satheesh Kumar v Inspector of Police, 2023 Livelaw (Mad) 178 MA Ranjith v The Director General of Police, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 179 K Janarthan v Mrs Vimala, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 180 REPORTS Courts Should Be Guided By Legal Evidence, Not Moral Conviction & Hypothetical Propositions: Madras High Court Case Title: Vediyappan v State Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 156 While setting aside the conviction of a man for the offence of acid attack and house trespass, the Madras High Court observed that the courts must be bound by legal evidence and not moral conviction. Justice V Sivagnanam said that administration of justice in the country was founded on the principle that an accused person must be presumed to be innocent until proven guilty. In the present case, citing lack of evidence to connect the accused with the crime, the court noted that the appellant Vediyappan is entitled to acquittal. Madras High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Increase In Sports Quota In Higher Educational Institutions Case Title: Salem District Nature and Environment Protection Society v. Chief Secretary to Government and others Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 157 The Madras High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking increase in the number of seats under the Sports Quota in higher education institutions in Tamil Nadu. The division bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice PD Audikesavalu observed that the matter is beyond the purview of writ jurisdiction of the court as it is a policy decision of the government. The petitioner, Salem District Nature and Environment Protection Society submitted that there is no regulated quota to the sports persons in higher studies in Tamil Nadu. The president of the society, Arthanari also submitted that even though in Tamil Nadu a lot of students are taking sports as a career, no proper reservation or regularised reservation is being given to them causing great injustice. Madras High Court Stays Press Communique Calling For Suggestions On Forest Bill After Centre Fails To Translate It Into Vernacular Languages Case Title: Theeran Thirumurugan v. Union of India and others Citation: 2023 Livelaw (Mad) 158 The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has ordered an interim stay on the press communique issued by the Joint Committee on the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023 which had invited suggestions from the public in general and NGOs / experts / stakeholders and institutions in particular about the bill. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice PT Asha agreed with the submissions of Theeran Thirumurugan, who has filed a public interest litigation seeking direction for translating the bill in Tamil and for accepting suggestions in Tamil language. The court, though appreciated the endeavour of calling for suggestions, also noted that the object would be defeated if bill or the press communique does not reach the sections of the public who were unaware of English or Hindi. Madras High Court Upholds Conviction Of Accused In Gokulraj Murder Case, Says...

Madras High Court Monthly Digest - June 2023

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