Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 8 - September 14, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 298 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 308 NOMINAL INDEX Dr Ilaiyaraja v. Mythri Movie Makers, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 298 R Kannan and Others v. T.R Baalu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 299 Annadhurai Ramasamy v. The Chief Secretary, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 300 Tarigonda Surya Maheedhar v. The Union of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 301 Lokeshwaran Ravi v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 302 Adv V Venkata Sivakumar v. The Election Commission of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 303 R Varadaraj v. The Government of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 304 Vignesh D v. The Health and Family Welfare Department and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 305 ST Sivagnanan v. The State of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 306 N Anand Bussi Anand v. The State of Tamil Nadu and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 307 D Chandirasegar and Others v. Union of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 308 REPORT Madras High Court Interim Order Restrains 'Good Bad Ugly' Makers From Using Ilaiyaraja Songs In The Movie Case Title: Dr Ilaiyaraja v. Mythri Movie Makers Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 298 The Madras High Court has temporarily restrained the makers of Ajith starrer Good Bad Ugly movie from using three songs of musician Ilaiyaraja. Justice N Senthilkumar granted the temporary injunction in a plea moved by the musician seeking to restrain Mythri Movie Makers, producers of the movie, from exhibiting, screening, selling, distributing, publishing, broadcasting the movie, along with the three songs of Ilaiyaraja. Ilaiyaraja had argued that the songs "Otha Rubayum Tharen" from the movie "Nattupura Pattu", the song "Ilamai Idho Ido" from the movie "Sakalakala Vallavan", and the song "En Jodi Manja Kuruvi" from the movie "Vikram" had been used in the Ajith movie without obtaining express consent or permission from him and without paying royalties to which he is statutorily entitled. Madras High Court Stays Order Directing Tamil Weekly To Pay ₹25 Lakh To DMK's TR Balu For Publishing Defamatory Content Case Title: R Kannan and Others v. T.R Baalu Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 299 The Madras High Court has stayed an order of the single judge directing the Editor, Publisher, and the Printer of the Tamil weekly “Junior Vikatan” to pay Rs. 25,00,000 as damages to DMK's TR Balu for publishing malicious and defamatory content against him. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice C Saravanan passed the interim order in an appeal preferred by the magazine and adjourned the hearing for 2 weeks. Rithanya Dowry Death Case: Madras High Court Refuses To Transfer Probe, Asks Superintendent Of Police To Monitor Case Title: Annadhurai Ramasamy v. The Chief Secretary Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 300 The Madras High Court has directed the Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur, to monitor the investigation in connection with the death of 27-year-old Rithanya, who committed suicide earlier in July this year, over alleged dowry harassment. Justice Satish Kumar disposed of the petition filed by Annadhurai, Rithanya's father, seeking to transfer the investigation to an independent investigating officer from the State Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a retired judge. Noting that a substantial progress had already been made in the investigation, the court was not inclined to order an independent probe in the case. However, since allegations had been raised regarding lapses in the investigation, the court directed the Superintendent to monitor the probe. Madras High Court Asks Authorities To Allow PwD Candidate To Participate In NEET PG 2025-26 Counselling Based On Rank Secured In 2024 Exam Case Title: Tarigonda Surya Maheedhar v. The Union of India and Others Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 301 The Madras High Court recently directed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the office of Medical Counselling Committee, the National Medical Commission, and the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to permit a physically disabled candidate to attend the counselling for NEET PG 2025-26 based on the rank secured by him in NEET PG 2024. Justice C Kumarappan relied on the decision of the Supreme Court in Kabir Paharia vs National Medical Commission and others, in which the court had observed that the constitutional mandate of substantive equality demands that person with disabilities and PwBD be afforded reasonable accommodations rather than subjected to exclusionary practices based on unfounded presumptions about their capabilities. Madras High Court Sets Aside Order Remanding DSP In SC/ST Act Case, Directs Enquiry Into Alleged Misuse Of Power By Trial Court Judge Case Title: Lokeshwaran Ravi v. State of Tamil Nadu Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 302 The Madras High Court has set ...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 8 - September 14, 2025

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