Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 25 - March 31, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 131 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 142 NOMINAL INDEX T.Senguttuvan v Ashokkumar K and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 131 Thai Mookambikaa Ladies Hostel v. Union of India, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 132 Suo Motu v State of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 133 Simon and Others v State, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 134 Srikaran V @ Murugan v The Director of Rehabilitation, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 135 Tvl.Vardhan Infrastructure Versus The Special Secretary, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 136 Auro Logistics Ltd Versus The Assistant Director (SRO), 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 137 Ezhilan v The Chief Election Commissioner, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 138 K Ramachandran v The District Educational Officer (Elementary Education), 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 139 Netvantage Technologies Pvt Ltd v The Inspector General of Registration and Stamps, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 140 M/s.Tamil Nadu Development Foundation Trust v. The Assistant Commissioner of Police, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 141 State of Tamil Nadu v MK Stalin, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 142 REPORT 2021 TN Assembly Elections | Madras High Court Orders Recounting Of 605 Rejected Postal Ballot Votes In Krishnagiri Constituency Case Title: T.Senguttuvan v Ashokkumar K and Others Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 131 The Madras High Court has ordered the recounting of 605 postal ballot votes which were rejected without assigning proper reasons in the Krishnagiri constituency during the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Justice PT Asha directed the Registrar General of Madras High Court to name any of the Registrars to supervise the counting of the postal ballot votes and submit a report on the reasons recorded for rejecting the postal ballot votes, whether reasons were recorded on each postal ballot/cover and whether the number of votes rejected under each head detailed in Form 20 tallied with the number of votes rejected under the respective heads. Hostel Service Constitutes 'Residential Dwelling Unit' For Girl Students And Working Women, Will Be Exempt From GST: Madras High Court Case Title: Thai Mookambikaa Ladies Hostel v. Union of India Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 132 The Madras High Court has recently ruled that Hostel services providing welling to girl students and working women will be exempt from the GST regime as they are residential dwelling units for the girl students and working women. Justice Krishnan Ramasamy stressed the work “residential dwelling” referred to in Entry 12 of the Exemption Notification No. 12 of 2017 would include hostel facilities also. While noting that residential dwelling varies from person to person, the court added as far as hostellers were concerned, after their avocation, they stay, sleep, eat, wash etc in the hostel rooms alone thus making it their residential dwelling. [Accidents During Funeral Processions] DGP Informs Madras HC Of Preventive Steps Taken, Court Closes Suo Motu Plea Case Title: Suo Motu v State of Tamil Nadu and Others Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 133 The Madras High Court recently disposed of a suo motu plea the court had taken up in light of untoward incidents taking place during funeral processions in the state of Tamil Nadu. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy closed the suo moto writ petition after the Director General of Police informed it of the instructions given to all the SDOs and SHOs for preventing untoward incidents. The court had taken suo motu cognizance based on a letter it had received from one Anbu Selval regarding an unfortunate incident that took place because of throwing garland during the funeral procession. Public Assembling, Demonstrating Against Police Not An Offence When There Is No Prohibitory Order Under S.144 CrPC: Madras High Court Case Title: Simon and Others v State Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 134 The Madras High Court has recently observed that when there is no prohibitory order existing under S. 144 CrPC, there was no illegality in a few people assembling and demonstrating against the police and the same would not constitute an offense. Justice M Dhandapani of the Madurai bench made the observation in a plea seeking to quash the FIR registered against a group of men who were demonstrating against the police inaction in a matter of the death of one Silambarasan due to police brutality. [Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case] Issued Documents For Convicts To Travel Back To Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan High Commission Tells Madras High Court Case Title: Srikaran V @ Murugan v The Director of Rehabilitation Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 135 The Sri Lankan High Commission has informed the Madras High Court that temporary travel documents have been issued to Balasundaram Robert Payas, Mr. Vetrivel Srikaran, and Mr. Shanmugalingam Jeyakumar, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case allowing them to be deported to ...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 25 - March 31, 2024

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