“Not Prosecution But Persecution”: Savukku Shankar Moves Madras HC To Club All FIRs Against Him In Connection With Youtube Interview

YouTuber Savukku Shankar has approached the Madras High Court to transfer and club all FIRs registered against him in connection with a YouTube interview, where he allegedly made derogatory comments against the women police officers in the State. Justice G Jayachandran who heard the case on Thursday granted 3 weeks to the Additional Public Prosecutor to verify the FIRs and its...

Madras High Court Forbids Deity's "Imprisonment", Says Temple Can't Be Sealed Citing Law & Order Without Allowing Customary Puja

The Madras High Court recently expanded the scope of treating a deity as a juristic personality in law and held that when an idol in a temple is treated as a living person, closing the temple without allowing the customary pujas would amount to the deity's imprisonment. The court observed that no temple could be locked and sealed on the grounds of law and order. “Once it is...

Madras High Court Dismisses TN Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan's Plea Challenging PMLA Proceedings By ED

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister challenging the PMLA proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Proceedings against him. Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Sivagnanam dismissed Radhakrishnan's plea and asked him to cooperate with the investigating agency to complete the probe in the money laundering case and allow it...

"People In Power Should Be More Conscious": Madras HC On Minister Shobha Karandlaje's Remarks Linking Rameswaram Cafe Bombers To Tamil Nadu

"People in power should be more conscious while making statements," the Madras High Court on Wednesday said in relation to Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje's alleged remarks linking Rameshwaram Cafe bombers in Bengaluru to Tamil Nadu.Justice G Jayachadran made the oral remarks while hearing the petition filed by the Minister to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against her.The...

Madras High Court Criticizes DVAC For "Short Circuiting" Criminal Prosecution Of Ministers, Says Politician And Common Man Equal Before Law

While setting aside the discharge of Tamil Nadu's Revenue and Finance Ministers KKSSR Ramachandran and Thangam Thenarasu respectively in a disproportionate assets case, the Madras High Court said that it had a sacrosanct constitutional duty to interfere to prevent the "grossest abuse" of the judicial process.The court observed that the rule of law meant that every person would be equal...

Breaking | Madras High Court Sets Aside Discharge Of Ministers KKSSR Ramachandran & Thangam Thenarasu In Disproportionate Assets Case

The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside the discharge of Ministers KKSSR Ramachandran and Thangam Thenarasu in disproportionate assets case. Justice Anand Venkatesh reversed the discharge of the ministers and directed them to appear before the Special Court. Finding that there was prima facie material to proceed with the trial, the court directed the special court to frame charges...

Preventive Detention A Colonial Law, Can't Be Applied To Everyone Booked For False News: Madras HC Says In Savukku Shankar Case

While reserving orders on the habeas corpus petition challenging the preventive detention of Youtuber and whistle blower Savukku Shankar, the Madras High Court criticised the state's approach in detaining Shankar for his statements.The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Sivagnanam commented that the Preventive Detention Act itself is a colonial law and such detaining powers should...

Madras HC Quashes Loan Condition Seeking Apology From Applicant For Sticking Posters Against Bank, Says It's A Legitimate Mode Of Protest

The Madras High Court recently quashed a pre-release condition imposed by the Indian Overseas Bank asking a student to give an apology letter for circulating posters against the Bank while sanctioning her education loan. Justice Murali Shankar noted that the Nationalised Banks could not treat a loan applicant, especially a student as their servant or a person obeying their orders....

Person Inviting Threat By His Criminal Or Anti-Social Activities Not Entitled To Police Protection: Madras High Court

While rejecting a man's application for police protection, the Madras High Court recently observed that police protection should be granted only in appropriate cases, and granting police protection to a person who had invited a situation of threat due to his criminal or anti-social activities will be against public morality. “Police protection can be given by Court only in...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 29 - August 4, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 291 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 298 NOMINAL INDEX Thejo Engineering Limited Versus The Deputy Director of Income Tax, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 291 Vipul Kumar Tulsian and anr vs M/s.Sundaram Finance Ltd, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 292 Larsen & Toubro Limited vs M/s.Texmo Pipes and Products Limited, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 293 The Secretary, Tamilnadu...

Madras High Court Strikes Down Section 77A Of Registration (Tamil Nadu Second Amendment) Act As Unconstitutional

The Madras has held that the 2022 Amendment which introduced Section 77A to the Registration Act with respect to Tamil Nadu and gave powers to the District Registrar to cancel an instrument if it was found to be fraudulent or bogus was unconstitutional. The bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice N Senthilkumar held that through the amendment, the registering authority was given...

Detention Order Can't Be Issued If Driver In Possession Of Valid E-Way Bill In Physical/Electronic Form: Madras High Court

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court while quashing the detention order held that if an invoice, bill of supply, delivery challan, or bill of entry and a valid e-way bill in physical or electronic form for verification are available, then action may not be initiated. The bench of Justice S.Srimathy has observed that the respondent department issued the notice, carried out the inspection on...