Advocate Moves Madras High Court To Allow Lawyers To Personally Meet And Consult Clients In Prison

A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the recent practice in Puzhal prison where the authorities were not allowing lawyers to directly meet their clients. The prison department had introduced a telecom system through which the accused and the lawyers could talk sitting across a barricade board.The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Sivagnanam was hearing a...

Madras HC Orders CBI Probe Into Sexual Abuse Of Minor After Her Parents Allegedly Beaten Up By Police, Audio Clip Of Victim's Statement Leaked

The Madras High Court has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to take up the investigation of a case relating to the sexual assault of a minor girl in Anna Nagar in Chennai. Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Sivagnanam asked the CBI to take over the case as the court was not satisfied with the manner in which the investigation was being carried out by the State police. The...

Madras High Court Gives Nod To RSS Route March Proposed For Sunday, Says State Flouted Order Laying Down Guidelines For Future Marches

The Madras High Court on Tuesday permitted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to conduct its proposed route march on the occasion of Vijayadasami. A single judge bench of Justice G Jayachandran permitted the route marches to be carried out as per the earlier guidelines issued by the High Court in January this year for conducting the route marches. The court had also commented...

Article 21 Extends To Foreign Citizen Facing Trial In India: Madras HC Stays Look Out Circular Against Seychelles Citizen, Permits His Travel

The Madras High Court recently stayed a lookout circular issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation against a Seychelles citizen. The court thus permitted the man to travel to Malaysia. Justice N Seshasayee noted that when Article 21 of the Constitution extended to non-citizens, it would also include the dignified existence of a foreign national facing a criminal charge...

On Aggrieved Father's Plea, Madras High Court Seeks Details Of Criminal Cases Registered Against Isha Foundation

The Madras High Court has sought for details of criminal cases registered against the Isha Foundation, after a father approached the court claiming that his two daughters were being held captive in the Isha Foundation run by Jaggi Vasudev and being brainwashed there. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Sivagnanam called for details even after the alleged detainees...

State Shouldn't Reject Premature Release Of Convict By Merely Citing "Heinous Crime", Must Give Reasons: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently asked the State government to reconsider and recirculate its decision to reject a life convict's pre-mature release. Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Sivagnanam noted that the State had rejected the request of the prisoner by merely stating that he had committed a heinous crime and that he had not served 14 years in prison. Noting that reasons were...

Madras High Court Stays Single Judge Order Which Held Apartment Owners Association Cannot Claim Transfer Fee On Every Resale Of Flat

The Madras High Court has stayed the order of a single judge which had ruled that the flat owners could not charge a transfer fee on every resale of the flat. The bench of Justice D Krishnakumar and Justice PB Balaji have stayed by 8 weeks the order passed by the single judge. The stay was granted on an appeal filed by the Ankur Grand Owners Association challenging the May 2023...

UGC Regulation On Selection Committee For Appointment Of Assistant Professor Not Applicable To Minority Institutions: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that the UGC regulations prescribing setting up of a selection committee for the appointment of assistant professor was not applicable to minority institutions. Justice RN Manjula noted that since the selection committee includes outsiders, giving them the power to select the appointees for the post of Assistant Professors would amount to...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 23 to September 29, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 357 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 366 NOMINAL INDEX Ramesh Flowers Private Limited v. Mr.Sumit Srimal, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 357 S.Muralidharan v Madras High Court and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 358 TNEB Accounts and Executive Staff Union v. The Principal Secretary to Government and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 359 Hameed Ibrahim v The Deputy Director,...

Despite Tamil Nadu Being A Better Law Enforcing State, There's An Increasing Trend Of Police Encounters: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court today lamented the rising trend of police encounters in the state of Tamil Nadu. The court observed that despite being one of the better law enforcement State, there was an increase in incidents of criminals allegedly attempting to attack police officials and ending up being shot or injured. “It is with anguish, that this Court notices despite the State of Tamil...

If DNA Test Reveals Husband Is Not Child's Father, He Need Not Implead Wife's Paramour In Proceedings Under Indian Divorce Act: Madras HC

The Madras High court recently observed that not impleading wife's alleged paramour as a co-respondent is not fatal to a plea for divorce on the ground of adultery, when the DNA test already proves that the husband is not the father of the child. Justice P Velmurugan and Justice KK Ramakrishnan observed that once it is proved that the wife was leading an adulterous life, the husband...

'Animals Don't Have Rights But State Instrumentalities Must Ensure Safe Environment': Madras HC Orders Compensation For Cow's Death By Electrocution

The Madras High Court has ordered compensation to a man whose cow died to electrocution after it stepped into a puddle into which electricity had leaked from a nearby transformer. Justice GR Swaminathan noted that though animals did not have any rights as such, the State had a duty to ensure a safe environment for them. The judge added that courts have a duty to invoke...