Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 24 - November 30, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 436 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 454 NOMINAL INDEX Balveer Singh v. The State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 436 Vishal Krishna Reddy v. Lyca Productions, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 437 Suriya and Another v. Gandhi and another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 438 S. Senthil v. The Commissioner of Income Tax, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 439 People for Cattle in India v. The Commissioner, GCC and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 440 Muthu Subramaniam v. The State Government of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 441 Spalon India Private Limited v. Maya Choudhary, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 442 Vallikannu v The District Superintendent of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 443 Gokuleswaran v. The Regional Passport Officer and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 444 Softgel Healthcare Private Limited v. Pfizer Inc., 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 445 XX v State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 446 S Palanivel Rajan v. The Deputy Superintendent of Police (connected cases), 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 447 The Sessions Judge v. Sathish, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 448 Dr. Ilaiyaraaja v. Mythri Movie Makers, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 449 Chellathai v. The Joint Director and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 450 H.Sunil Kumar vs M Deepak Kumar Samdariya and Anr, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 451 M/S.Sugesan Transport Pvt. Ltd. Versus M/S.E.C.Bose & Company Pvt. Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 452 Hindustan Unilever Limited v. Roopa Industries, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 453 Hi Tech Chemicals Limited v. Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 454 REPORT Madras High Court Stays Trial Against IPS Officer Balveer Singh In Custodial Violence Cases Case Title: Balveer Singh v. The State Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 436 The Madras High Court has stayed the trial in four custodial torture cases against IPS Officer Balveer Singh. Justice Shamim Ahmed granted interim stay in a plea filed by the officer seeking to set aside the Judicial Magistrate order framing charges against him in four custodial torture cases, while he was holding the post of Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ambasamudram. Madras High Court Stays Single Judge Order Asking Actor Vishal To Pay ₹30 Crore To Lyca Productions Case Title: Vishal Krishna Reddy v. Lyca Productions Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 437 The Madras High Court, on Monday, stayed a single judge order directing actor Vishal to pay Rs. 30 crore due to the entertainment company Lyca Productions. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq granted the interim relief in an appeal moved by the actor challenging the June 2025 order of the single judge. The judges however asked the actor to deposit 10 crore towards the credit of the case and directed the registry to deposit the money into an interest-bearing account. Police Can't Refuse To Register FIR On Land Dispossession Complaints By SC/ST Community By Terming It As Civil Dispute: Madras High Court Case Title: Suriya and Another v. Gandhi and another Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 438 The Madras High Court recently noted that the police could not refuse to register FIR based on complaint made by members belonging to Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribe communities alleging dispossession of land, by terming it as civil disputes. Justice Victoria Gowri noted that as per Section 18A of the Schedules castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, the officers could not conduct a preliminary enquiry when an information disclosed offence under the Act. The court noted that the nature of the allegation did not dilute the duty of the police to register an FIR once the complaint disclosed a cognisable offence. Madras High Court Orders New PAN For Assessee After Dept-Issued Duplicate PAN Ruins CIBIL Score Case Title: S. Senthil v. The Commissioner of Income Tax Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 439 The Madras High Court has directed the department to issue a fresh PAN (Permanent Account Number) to the assessee, who suffered adverse consequences because the defaulter holding the same PAN had a bad CIBIL. The bench held that the assessee cannot be made to bear serious CIBIL consequences arising from the Income Tax Department's duplicate PAN allotment. Justice C. Saravanan stated that the PAN that was allotted to the assessee on 18.05.2007 was also erroneously allotted to the said person, namely Subramaniyan Senthil S/o. Subramaniyan. Although the said person has been given a new identity, the mistakes committed by the said person have affected the assessee, as the identity of the assessee and his financial transactions are traceable to the PAN that was originally allotted to the assessee on 18.05.2007, which is in the cloud. Not Mandatory To Muzzle Pet Dogs In Public Places, Only Leashing Mandatory: Chennai Civic Body Tells Madras High Court Case Title: People for Cattle in India v. The Commissioner, GCC and Others Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad)...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 24 - November 30, 2025

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