Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 14 - April 20, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 138 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 143 NOMINAL INDEX The State of Tamil Nadu and Others v. K Bashiri and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 138 Kunal Kamra v. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 139 Dr. R. Mathivanan v. Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 140 South Indian Senguntha Mahajana Sangam v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 141 G Subramania Koushik v. The Principal Secretary and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 142 Chandru and Others v. The Inspector of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 143 REPORT TET Qualification Is Mandatory For All Educational Institutions Including Minority Institutions: Madras High Court Case Title: The State of Tamil Nadu and Others v. K Bashiri and Others Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 138 The Madras High Court has held that the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualification is mandatory for all educational institutions, including the minority institutions. The bench of Justice J Nisha Banu and Justice S Srimathy held that the Government had powers to prescribe the minimum educational qualification for the appointment of teachers and the government had prescribed the TET qualification under such power. Thus, the court held that the qualification was mandatory. Madras High Court Closes Kunal Kamra's Plea For Transit Anticipatory Bail After Bombay HC's Order For Interim Protection From Arrest Case Title: Kunal Kamra v. State Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 139 The Madras High Court on Thursday (April 17) has disposed of the transit anticipatory bail petition filed by comedian Kunal Kamra in connection with the FIR lodged against him in Mumbai over his alleged remarks against Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde. Justice Sunder Mohan closed his petition after Kamra's Advocate V Suresh informed the court that the Bombay High Court had granted interim protection from arrest to the comedian on Wednesday while reserving orders in his plea for quashing the FIRs registered against him. In the previous hearing, the Madras high court had extended the interim anticipatory bail granted to him till April 17. Re-Employment Of Faculty Retiring Mid-Academic Year Is Mandatory, But Disciplinary Proceedings & 'No Work, No Pay' Deny It: Madras HC Case Name : Dr. R. Mathivanan v. Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 140 A Division bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Justice G. Jayachandran and Justice R. Poornima held that the re-employment of faculty retiring mid-academic year is mandatory, but if there are pending disciplinary proceedings and further the 'no work, no pay' principle applies, then the re-employment is not allowed. It was observed by the court that it is mandatory to re-employ a teaching faculty who retire in the middle of the Academic year till the end of the said academic year. It was observed by the court that the College Management refusal to engage the appellant citing disciplinary proceedings was bad in law. Further, during the period there are evidence to show that the appellant was engaged by the University for examination work. The appellant was ordered to be re-employed up to May 31st, 2014 in the proceedings of the Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Madurai, dated 16.04.2014. Therefore, the single Judge should not have dismissed the appellant's writ seeking salary for the period, he worked. It was further observed by the court that the contention of the appellant was not sustainable as there was no record to show that the Management re-employed the appellant after he attained superannuation. The records relied by the appellant were self-serving documents or letter from the University which had sought his assistance as Examiner. It was observed by the court that on the date of superannuation, the appellant was facing disciplinary proceedings. Perpetuating Caste Will Breach Fraternity: Madras High Court Orders Removal Of Caste Names From Educational Institutions Case Title: South Indian Senguntha Mahajana Sangam v. State of Tamil Nadu Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 141 The Madras High Court has asked the Inspector General of Registration to ensure that no society is registered with a caste name or for the purpose of perpetuating caste in the State. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy added that if such societies are running schools, colleges, or other educational institution, it should be ensured that the institution does not display caste names either directly or indirectly. The court said that the caste names should be removed within 4 weeks and the names should be changed. The court added that if the institutions failed to comply with the orders, steps would be taken to de-recognise the institution and the students would be transferred to other recognised institutions. The court added that the same action could be taken with respect to educational institutions run by trusts or other individuals. ...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 14 - April 20, 2025

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