LiveLaw Madras High Court Weekly Roundup: June 15 to June 21, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 254 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 273 NOMINAL INDEX K Punniyamoorthy v Escape Artists Motion Pictures and others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 254 Udayakumar v The State, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 255 B Ramkumar Adityan v The Secretary and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 256 Sachin Bansal v The Directorate of Enforcement, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 257 A Rajeshkannan v The Home Secretary and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 258 M. Balasubramanian v. The Director of Agriculture and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 259 V Vignesh v Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 260 Goutham Siva v The Returning Officer and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 261 R Kumaravel v Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) and others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 262 Shakthi Shyam v The Dean and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 263 MS Rajkumar Theatre Pvt Ltd v Aashirvad Cinemas and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 264 Arjunan Sampath v. The Chief Electoral Officer, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 265 Balasubramaniyam N v The Collector and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 266 Puja Kumari v Union of India and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 267 Arumugam v The Deputy Superintendent of Police and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 268 P Palanikumar v R Selvi, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 269 Venkateswaran v The Union of India and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 270 N v N, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 271 K Surya v The State of Tamil Nadu, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 272 R Sangeetha v The Registrar and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 273 REPORT Madras High Court Dismisses Creditors' Appeal Against Release Of "Dhruva Natchathiram" Movie Case Title: K Punniyamoorthy v Escape Artists Motion Pictures and others Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 254 The Madras High Court has dismissed appeals filed by creditors of actor-director Gautam Vasudev Menon, challenging an order of a single judge paving the way for the release of the much-anticipated Tamil movie "Dhruva Natchathiram". The bench of Justice P Velmurugan and Justice K Govindarajan Thilakavadi has dismissed the appeals filed by K Prem Kumar and K Punniyamoorthy. No Use Expressing Dissent On Social Media If One Can't Stand By Truth In Court: Madras High Court To Students Turning Hostile In Murder Trial Case Title: Udayakumar v The State Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 255 While dealing with a criminal appeal of a murder convict, the Madras High Court expressed displeasure in the manner in which the students, who had witnessed the attack on their fellow classmate by the accused, had turned hostile during trial. 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 255 The bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice KK Ramakrishnan remarked that it was disappointing to see students, who witnessed the incident, give a different version in the court. In this backdrop, it observed that there was no use in merely expressing dissent and views on social media and unless those were translated into action, students would only become “paper tigers” in real life. Sudden Change In Political Loyalty Not Offence Sans Evidence: Madras High Court Dismisses Plea For CBI Probe Into AIADMK MLAs Joining TVK Case Title: B Ramkumar Adityan v The Secretary and Others Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 256 The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (June 16), dismissed a PIL seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities and corruption in the manner in which four MLAs from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party resigned from their posts after winning State assembly elections and joined Chief Minister Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party on the same day. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 256] The bench has now dismissed the plea, stating that sudden realignment in political loyalty, by itself, is not an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act without any supporting evidence. The court also noted that the plea was filed on assumptions of corruption, without any evidence to prove the same. The court added that the petitioner had not given any details of transactions in connection with the alleged corruption and the plea itself was a classic example of a fishing expedition. Madras High Court Rejects Flipkart Founders' Review Plea Against ED Show-Cause Notice In FEMA Case Case Title: Sachin Bansal v The Directorate of Enforcement Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 257 The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by the owners of Flipkart – Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, seeking to review an earlier order of the High Court dismissing their plea against a show-cause notice issued by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a FEMA Case. Justice S Sounthar dismissed the review application filed by the duo The petitioners along with some other companies had approached the High Court challenging the complaint made by the Deputy Director of the ED and the show cause notices. The allegation against the petitioners was that they had contravened...

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