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Madras High Court Seeks Magistrates Report On Delay In Numbering Complaint Alleging Corrupt Practices By Udhayanidhi Stalin

The Madras High Court has called for a report from the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Georgetown, Chennai, on the time required to number a complaint filed against the Leader of Opposition, Udayanidhi Stalin, raising allegations of corrupt practice in the election. Justice V Lakshminarayanan has called for a report asking the Magistrate to state how long it would take to number the criminal complaint. The court was hearing a plea filed by P Milany, who had also contested from...

madras high court suspends one month imprisonment on ias officer in contempt plea

The President has appointed two judicial officers - Dharmalingam Lingeswaran and Balathandayutham Karthikeyan as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court.Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal posted on X (previously Twitter), as under:In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, in consultation with Chief Justice of India, the President is pleased to appoint the following 02 Judicial Officers as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court:-1. Shri Dharmalingam Lingeswaran2. Shri...

Madras High Court Quashes EDs Money Laundering Case Against Former Minister Ponmudi, Notes Acquittal In Predicate Offence

The Madras High Court on Tuesday (October 13), quashed a case against former Minister K Ponmudi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act pending before the Special Court in Chennai. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 501]The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan noted that the predicate offence, based on which the Enforcement Directorate had registered the case under the PMLA, had ended in the acquittal of Ponmudi and others. Thus, following the judgment of the Supreme Court in...

DVAC Not Exempt From Sharing Information Relating To Corruption And Human Rights Violations Under RTI Act: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption is not exempt under the Right to Information Act from sharing information relating to corruption and human rights violations. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 499] Justice Hemant Chandanagoudar noted that though the DVAC was exempted from the RTI Act, by way of a Government Order issued as per Section 24(4) of the RTI Act, the Act itself made it clear that the information relating to corruption and human rights...

Madras High Court Upholds TN Speakers Acceptance Of Resignation Of AIADMK MLAs Who Joined TVK, Allows Disqualification Proceedings To Continue

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (October 13), upheld the decision of the Tamil Nadu Speaker, accepting the resignation of MLAs who quit All India Anna Dravida Kazhagam (AIADMK) party immediately after elections and joined TVK. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 498]The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan held that the resignation of the MLAs was genuine and the Speaker was not expected to conduct a detailed enquiry into the resignation process. The court made it clear that the...

Police Failure To Furnish Written Grounds Of Arrest Is Dereliction Of Duty, Officer Liable To Departmental Action: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that failure to furnish grounds of arrest in writing would be viewed as a dereliction of duty on the part of the arresting officer, and he shall be liable to departmental proceedings. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 497] Justice N Ramesh directed the Director General of Police (Law & Order) to issue instructions to every police unit in the...

TVK MLA Saravanan Approaches Madras High Court Seeking To Quash FIR Over Unauthorised Hoardings

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA from Sholinganallur assembly constituency, Saravanan, also known as ECR Saravanan, has approached the Madras High Court seeking to quash an FIR registered against him over the erection of banners 'unauthorisedly'. On Monday (October 12), Justice V Lakshminarayanan allowed an application by the MLA seeking to dispense with the production of the original FIR...

Plea Seeking FIR Against TN Minister Marie Wilson Over Admission Of Paying Bribe Withdrawn From Madras High Court

A plea calling for registration of an FIR against Tamil Nadu Minister Marie Wilson for his statement admitting that he had given a bribe to the previous regime in connection with his private educational institution has been withdrawn from the Madras High Court.The petitioner, on Monday (October 12), requested the bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan to permit him...

Madras High Court Directs Registry Not To Number DMKs Defamation Suit Against TVK Ministers Till October 13

The Madras High Court has directed its registry not to number a defamation suit filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party against Tamil Nadu Ministers Aadhav Arjuna and CTR Nirmal Kumar, till the court hears an appeal preferred by Nirmal Kumar against the order permitting DMK to sue them. The party had moved the defamation suit alleging that the Ministers made statements against...