Bar Bodies Move Madras High Court Challenging Mandatory E-Filing In District Courts, Cite Lack Of Infrastructural Facilities

The Madras High Court Advocates Association and other bar bodies have approached the Madras High Court challenging a recent notification mandating e-filing in the district judiciary. Remarking that a solution has to be found for the issue, the bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan adjourned the plea to January 19th. The bar bodies have...

Producers Of Vijay Starrer "Jana Nayagan" Movie Approach Madras High Court Over Non-Issuance Of CBFC Certificate

The producers of the much-anticipated Tamil movie "Jana Nayagan" starring Vijay have approached the Madras High Court seeking the issuance of a censor certificate.Justice PT Asha on Tuesday (6th January) allowed an urgent motion made by the producers of the movie. KVN Productions, represented by Venkata K Narayana, who is producing the movie, has approached the court alleging that the movie's certification is being unreasonably withheld and delayed, which would in turn would cause...

Law & Order Issue Imaginary Ghost Created By State: Madras High Court Upholds Order For Lamp Ligthing Atop Thiruparankundram Hills

The Madras High Court (Madurai bench) on Tuesday (January 6) upheld a single judge's order directing lighting of the lamp at the stone pillar atop the Thiruparakundram hills near a dargah. A division bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan, while pronouncing the order, held that the order of single judge is not hit by res judicata as the issue was not decided in earlier litigations. The bench said that the appellants–including the state authorities, Hazarath...

Madras High Court Sets Aside GST Demand For Not Considering CBIC Circulars Cited By Taxpayer

The Madras High Court has set aside a GST demand on a corporate guarantee after finding that the tax department failed to consider CBIC circulars relied upon by the taxpayer while raising the assessment.Allowing the writ petition, Justice G R Swaminathan held that an assessment order cannot survive if the tax department fails to consider the defence raised by the taxpayer. The court...

Madras High Court Upholds Trade Marks Registry Order Rejecting “Fresh Not Frozen” Mark

The Madras High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Freshtohome Foods Private Limited, a Bangalore-based online grocery delivery platform against a 2019 order of the Trade Marks Registry rejecting its trademark application for the brand “FRESH NOT FROZEN”. Justice N Anand Venkatesh passed the order on December 18, 2025. The court held that the proposed mark was deceptively similar to...

Madras High Court Rejects Minister I Periyasamy's Plea Against ED Probe, Tells Him To Approach PMLA Adjudicating Authority First

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Tamil Nadu Minister for Rural Development I Periyasamy and his family members challenging an ECIR registered against them by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case. The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan noted that the parties had filed the plea without...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 29, 2025 To January 04, 2026

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 501 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 5 NOMINAL INDEX Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam v. Thathadesikar Thiruvamsathar Sabha & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 501 Neelima v. The Additional Chief Secretary and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 C. Aryama Sundaram v. The Commissioner Of Income Tax, Chennai, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 2 Siva.Kalaimani Ambalam v. The...

State Can't Act On Superstitions: Madras High Court On Removal Of Idols From Private House Over Alleged Unnatural Deaths In Locality

The Madras High Court recently remarked that that God or an Idol will never harm any person and the authorities cannot act on superstitions to remove idols from a person's house alleging that it has caused unnatural deaths in the locality. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy ordered that a person can keep any idol in his own premises and worship peacefully by even inviting his friends...

Madras High Court Refuses To Halt Release Of Parasakthi Movie Over Allegations Of 'Stolen Script'

The Madras High Court, on Friday, refused to halt the release of Sivakarthikeyan starrer “Parasakthi” movie following a plea alleging that the movie's script was stolen.Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy dismissed an application filed to restrain the release of the movie or continuing to permit its exhibition in theatres and OTT platforms. The court noted that the main prayer was to not...

Only Sandalwood Festival Permitted At Thiruparankundram Hills, No Animal Sacrifice: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has reiterated that animal sacrifice would not be permitted at the Thiruparankundram hills in the Madurai District. Justice S Srimathy directed the managing trustee of the Hazrat Sulthan Sikkanthar Bhadhusha Dargha to conduct only the Urus festival (sandalwood festival) with 50 persons. The court also restrained the dargah from carrying animal meet, cooking...

If No Permission Needed To Erect Stone Pillar For Stan Swamy, No Permission Required For Erecting War Memorial Stupa: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently remarked that if no permission was necessary to erect a stone pillar for honouring Stan Swamy in patta land, no such permission was necessary for erecting a war memorial also.Justice GR Swaminathan thus allowed the construction of a stupa for honouring the Natham Kanawai War.The judge recalled that in a recent order, the High Court had allowed construction of...

Madras High Court Asks DGCA If It'll Extend Exemption From Fatigue Management Norm Granted To Indigo

The Madras High Court has asked the Director General of Civil Aviation if it would extend the exemption granted to Interglobe Aviation Limited, operators of Indigo Airlines for complying with the fatigue norms.Justice V Lakshminarayan asked the DGCA to file a counter in a plea filed by a Chennai resident challenging the exemption arguing that it is illegal, void, and without keeping in mind...