Madras High Court Monthly Digest - May 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 163 to 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 182NOMINAL INDEX M. Maheshwaran and others v. The Chairman & Managing Director and others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 163 J Manohar Dass v. Komathi and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 164 Bank of Baroda v. The Chairman and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 165 Dr Anita R Ratnam v. Meta Platforms, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 166S Nagarajan v. Directorate of Enforcement, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 167 S. Sai Priya and others v. Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 168 K V Venugopal v. Secretary to Government of TN, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 169 V Iyyappan v. The District Collector and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 170 Sivakumar v. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 171 A Paramasivam and Another v. The Inspector of Police and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 172 K Venkatachalapathy @ Kutty v The State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 173 ABC v. XYZ, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 174 R Lalithambai and Another v. Anshul Mishra IAS, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 175 Retailers Association of India v. The Department of Labour and Skill Development and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 176 K Mayakannan and Others v. The Managing Director and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 177 Manel Amrithkala v. Government of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 178 Mohan Ravi v. Aarthi Ravi and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 179 All India Union Bank Officer Staff Association and Anr v. Union Bank of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 180 ABC v XYZ, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 181 Ashwani Kumar Bhatia v. The Union of India and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 182 REPORTS Terminated Temporary Workers Given Right To Apply In Future Recruitment Processes Along With Age Relaxation: Madras HC Case Title: M. Maheshwaran and others v. The Chairman & Managing Director and others Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 163 Madras High Court: A single judge bench consisting of Justice Shamim Ahmed held that seasonal workers whose engagement was cancelled due to procedural irregularities, should not be punished for faults of the selection committee. The court ruled that while such temporary workers could not be reinstated, they must be permitted to participate in future recruitment processes, along with appropriate age relaxation. The court explained that the selection committee made certain appointments without properly following the requisite guidelines, thereby resulting in disciplinary proceedings against these officers. Since the recruitment took place only for one season, the court held that the workers' suspension was procedurally valid. The court noted that the irregularity in the appointment process was not the fault of the workers, and they should not be penalised for the selection committee's errors. The court also held that the termination should not adversely effect the petitioners' reputation. Considering the petitioners' prior experience as a seasonal employee, the court held that they should be granted an age relaxation for the forthcoming selection process. High Time To Effectively Digitise Investigation Agencies, IT Wing Of Tamil Nadu Police Still In Premature Stage: Madras High Court Case Title: J Manohar Dass v. Komathi and Others Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 164 The Madras High Court recently highlighted that it was high time to effectively digitise every investigation agency and ensure that court orders are effectively complied with. Justice AD Jagadish Chandira noted that though the Tamil Nadu police has implemented the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), the ground reality was that the citizens were being constrained approach the courts for registration of FIR, conducting fair investigation, filing final reports etc. The court added that it was even worse that the court directions were not being followed by the department, leading to a plethora of contempt petitions. The court added that in this AI era, the investigating officers could digitise everything at every stage of the investigation. The court noted that at present, the Information & Technology wing of the Tamil Nadu police lagged behind and was still in a premature stage. Considering the same, the court directed the police to complete the CCTNS 2.0 project within 4 months which would facilitate the services offered through the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) platform. The court added that any delay would have to be reported with valid justification. Constitute State Level Committees To Dispose Enquiries On 'Bogus' Community Certificates, Ensure Complete Scrutiny: Madras HC Tells State Case Title: Bank of Baroda v. The Chairman and Others Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 165 The Madras High Court has asked the state government to ensure that required number of State Level Scrutiny Committees are constituted to effectively dispose pending enquiries in connection with community certificates and ensure that the certificates are ...

Madras High Court Monthly Digest - May 2025

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