Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 26 to July 02

A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 174 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 181 NOMINAL INDEX 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 Pooja Chakravarthy v TN MGR Medical College, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 181 REPORT Chennai Egmore Railway Station Expansion: Madras High Court Asks Authorities To Abide By Green Committee’s Order On Tree Felling, Transplantation Case Title: Pasumai Thaayagam Foundation v. The State and others Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 174 The Madras High Court recently directed the authorities to abide by the orders of the District Green Committee on felling and transplantation of trees for the expansion of the Chennai Egmore Railway Station. The division bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice PD Audikesavalu noted that the District Green Committee, headed by the District Collector has granted permission for felling of 182 trees, transplantation of 103 trees and pruning of 33 trees, totalling 318 trees. The court said that though it does not doubt the bonafide of the authorities, it was necessary to follow the orders of the District Green Committee. The court also directed the authorities to report compliance with the committee and asked the latter to verify the same. Caste Has No Role To Play In Appointment Of Temple Priests: Madras High Court Case Title: Muthu Subramania Gurukkal v The Commissioner, HR&CE Department and others Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 175 The Madras High Court has reiterated that while appointing Archakas to a temple, the caste has no role to play when the person otherwise fulfills all the requirements. The court added that in temples governed by the Agama, the Trustees/Fit Person only have to ensure that the Archaka/Sthanikam to be appointed is well-versed and properly trained to perform the pooja as per the Agama. Justice Anand Venkatesh made the above observations on a plea filed by Muthu Subramania Gurukkal challenging an advertisement issued by the Assistant Commissioner, HR&CE, and the Executive Officer of Sri Sugavaneswarar Swamy Temple, calling for applications to fill up the position of Archakas/Sthanikam at Sri Sugavaneswarar Swamy Temple, Salem. Madras High Court Refuses To Stay Release Of Udayanidhi Stalin Starrer 'Maamannan' Movie Case Title: Mr. Ramasaravanan v. Udayanidhi Stalin and another Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 176 The Madras High Court has refused to stall the relese of Udayanidhi starrer movie “Maamannan”. The court passed orders on a plea filed by Producer Ramasaravanan seeking injunction against the release of the movie and further to direct Udayanidhi Stalin to complete the shooting in a previously agreed upon film titled “Angel”. When the case came up before Justice K Kumaresh Babu, the judge observed that the agreement between Udayanidhi and Ramasaravan was completely different from the one entered into between Udayanidhi and the producers of Maamannan movie ie, Red Giant Movies, and hence an injunction could not be granted to implement merely because on the parties to both the agreements was same person. The court added that it could not entertain an injunction against third parties from implementing their agreements. No Harm In Offering Namaz For 30 Minutes: Madras High Court Refuses To Stay Namaz Prayers Near Temple On Tiruparankundram Hill Case Title: AP Ramalingam v The Secretary to Government and others Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 177 The Madras High Court has refused to ban the offering of Namaz in a Nellithopu (pathway) towards the Kasi Viswanthar Temple situated at Thirupparankundram in Madurai District. A bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice L Victoria Gowri refused to grant an interim stay on the offering of prayers at Nellithopu and asked the Hindu Religious & Charitable endowment to file their counters to the petition by four weeks. The court also remarked that there was no harm in offering Namaz for 30 minutes and that it would not affect any person. ‘PPs Must Scrutinize Final Reports At Least In Cases Involving Serious Offences’: Madras High Court Asks Director Prosecution To Issue Circular Case Title: Satheesh Kumar v Inspector of Police Citation: 2023 Livelaw (Mad) 178 The Madras High Court recently observed that even though the law does not require investigating officers to take the opinion of the Public Prosecutors before...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 26 to July 02

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