Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Story Of Parasakthi Movie Was Stolen, Asks Writers Association To Submit Report

The Madras High Court has asked the South Indian Film Writers Association (SWAN) to examine a complaint alleging that the story of the upcoming movie “Parasakthi” starring Sivakarthikeyan was stolen.Justice SM Subramaniam has also issued notice to director Sudha Kongara, writer Arjun Nadesan, screenwriter Pugazhendi Mathimaran, Dawn Pictures Private Ltd production company, and the South Indian Film Writers Association (SWAN).“Meanwhile, 5th defendant is directed to examine the complaint filed by...

Madras High Court Asks Centre To Consider Framing Law Similar To That In Australia For Monitoring Children's Internet Usage

The Madras High Court recently asked the central government to consider bringing in a law, similar to that in Australia, to monitor internet usage by children. The bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan made the suggestion after noting that pornographic content is widely available to children using the internet. The court observed that the end users had to be...

"Law Should Not Be Used To Target Specific Individuals": Madras High Court Grants Interim Bail To Savukku Shankar

The Madras High Court, on Friday, granted interim bail to YouTuber and journalist Shankar @ Savukku Shankar. Shankar was arrested on December 13 on allegations of assault and extortion by a film producer.The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice P Dhanabal noted that Shankar had serious health issues and needed treatment. The court also noted that the authorities had been filing...

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part 1 [Citations 1 - 250]

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 to 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 250 NOMINAL INDEX S Ve Shekar v State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 Thol.Thirumavalavan v. Dr.V.Vedha @ Dhamodharan, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 2 Mark Studio India Private Limited v. Income Tax Officer and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 3 Dr Jenbagalakshmi v The State of Tamil Nadu and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 4 M. Nagappan v....

Plea In Madras High Court Challenges Recent HC Collegium Recommendations, Alleges Favouritism & Bias

A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the recent recommendations made by the High Court Collegium. The public interest litigation filed by Advocate A Prem Kumar, an advocate practising in Thiruvannamalai, alleges that the collegium has recommended candidates having strong political affiliations or favouring one specific political party ruling the Centre. It has...

Income Tax | Revised 2024 Compounding Guidelines Cannot Be Applied After Case Attains Finality: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court held that once the assessee's entitlement to compounding had attained finality through earlier orders, then the Income Tax Department could not apply the revised Compounding Guidelines. Justice C. Saravanan referred to the Explanation to Section 279(6) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and noted that the new compounding Guidelines dated 17.10.2024 bearing...

Grant Of State Pension To Freedom Fighter Does Not Automatically Result In Extension of Central Pension: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that the grant of a state pension to a freedom fighter would not automatically result in the extension of a central pension to the pensioner. The court added that for granting the Central Government Pension Scheme, the conditions stipulated in the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme (SSS Scheme) had to be followed. The bench of Justice...

Income Tax | Govt Grant/Subsidy Under Rehabilitation Scheme Is Capital Receipt, Not Taxable As Revenue: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court held that the grant-in-aid/subsidy received by the assessee under a government rehabilitation scheme is a capital receipt and is not taxable as revenue. Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and G. Arul Murugan examined whether the grant-in-aid/subsidy received by the assessee from the Government under the rehabilitation scheme should be treated as a...

Madras High Court Grants Inventor Opportunity To Demonstrate His Solar Power Device Before Patent Office

The Madras High Court has directed the Patent Office to grant an inventor one opportunity to demonstrate the working of his invention, holding that a potentially viable invention should not be rejected without adequate consideration.Justice N Anand Venkatesh passed the order on December 18, 2025, while disposing of a writ petition filed by Kannan Gopalakrishnan challenging the rejection of...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 15 - December 21, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 484 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 492 NOMINAL INDEX Gengadevi v. The Secretary To The Government And Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 484 Milan Textile Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. v. The Initiating Officer and Anr., 2025 Livelaw (Mad) 485 Malarvizhi @ Kottaithai v The Secretary to Government of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 486 Jasmine Towels (P) Ltd. v....

Bhagavad Gita Is Not Religious Text, It's Moral Science: Madras High Court Sets Aside FCRA Rejection Of Trust Teaching Gita, Yoga

While setting aside the Central Government's order refusing registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 to a trust engaged in the teaching of yoga, the Madras High Court recently remarked that Bhagavad Gita is not a religious book, but more about moral science. “During the course of arguments, it emanated that because the petitioner is also engaged in imparting...

Public Funds Can't Be Given To 'Favoured Few': Madras High Court Suggests Audit Of 'Scandalously High' Fees Paid To Govt Law Officers

The Madras High Court has recently observed that it was time that an audit be conducted regarding payment of fee to the law officers in the State. Justice GR Swaminathan made the observation on noting that Additional Advocate Generals were appearing even in small matters where their presence was not required. The court added that while it could not enquire into the quantum of fee to...