Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 1 to June 7, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 228 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 244 NOMINAL INDEX V v. C, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 228 M.Rajkumar v. The Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 229 Muthukumar v Inspector of Police, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 230 V Jayapal and others v. The State and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 231 The Divisional Manager v. Kathiresan and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 232 Mikavel v The State of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 233 Minor Atonu Saha and Others v The State of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 234 M Vigneshwaran v The State, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 235 Nanjil Mugilan v The State, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 236 Thomas @ Dhamas and Another v The State of Tamil Nadu and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 237 D Sathishkumar v State and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 238 S Murugesan v The Additional Chief Secretary to Government and others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 239 M Appavu v IS Inbadurai and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 240 Pitchai and Others v The State of Tamil Nadu and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 241 Murugan v The State, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 242 Akash Baskaran v The Joint Director, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 243 Ananya Radhakrisnan v The Union Home Minister and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 244 REPORT Hindu Wife Removing 'Thali' Amounts To Mental Cruelty To Husband: Madras High Court Grants Divorce Case Title: V v. C Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 228 While upholding an order granting divorce to a man, the Madras High Court observed that the removal of the Thali (mangalsutra) by a Hindu wife would amount to mental cruelty upon the husband. The court also observed after considering the evidence, the husband's allegation that the wife converted to Christiany also cannot be thrown away. Justice P Vadamalai thereafter said: "From the above, it is very clear that the respondent/wife adopted Christianity as her daughter's name and her marriage to a Christian is revealed from Ex.P.1 and Ex.P.2 and hence, the allegation of conversion of religion by the respondent/wife cannot be thrown away upon consideration of the entire evidence on record. This Court holds that the removal of Thali would reflect mental cruelty". Though the wife argued that the High Court cannot grant divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage, the court held that the same could be taken note of by the court while considering a plea for divorce on the ground of cruelty. Plea Seeking Probe Against Chief Minister Vijay Over Alleged Income Suppression Withdrawn From Madras High Court Case Title: M.Rajkumar v. The Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) and Others Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 229 The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (June 2), permitted the withdrawal of a plea seeking probe into alleged suppression of income by TVK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan accepted the request of the petitioner to withdraw the plea and ordered accordingly. The petition, filed by M Rajkumar of Chennai has sought a direction to the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation), and the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (central) to examine the materials and findings recorded in search proceedings, sworn statement recoded during the assessment proceedings and the penalty order passed under the Income Tax Act against Vijay and pass appropriate prosecution proceedings under the relevant provisions of the Income Tax Act. Madras High Court Acquits Four Convicts In Double Murder Case, Finds Investigation 'Bizarre' And Defective Case Title: Muthukumar v Inspector of Police Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 230 The Madras High Court recently set aside the conviction and sentence of four men in a double murder case after noting that the investigating officer had conducted a bizarre investigation, leaving out vital witnesses and not recording their statements. Justice N Anand Venkatesh and Justice KK Ramakrishnan held that the prosecution had failed to prove the case only because of a defective investigation. Taking note of judicial pronouncements to this effect, the court ordered departmental action against the investigating officer and ordered it to be completed as expeditiously as possible. Unlawful Assembly By Itself Not An Offence: Madras High Court Quashes Case Against 15 Who Assembled To Celebrate 100 Years Of RSS Case Title: V Jayapal and others v. The State and Another Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 231 The Madras High Court recently quashed criminal cases lodged against 15 members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) who had assembled unlawfully to celebrate the organisation's 100th year ceremony. Justice Nirmal Kumar noted that the parties had only assembled unlawfully to celebrate 100 years of the organisation and no public was affected by the same. The court...

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