1997 Melavalavu Massacre | Madras High Court Asks State To Revoke Remission Of Accused After He Was Accused Of Attacking Man

The Madras High Court has asked the state authorities to revoke the remission order and restore the conviction and sentence imposed on Sekar, one of the accused in the 1997 Melavalavu Massacre after he was accused of attacking a man. The bench of Justice AD Jagadish Chandira and Justice K Rajasekar noted that though as per Clause 4 and 5 of the Bond Form No. 130 under Rule 341(8) of...

Madras High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Former DGP For Allegedly Forwarding Offensive WhatsApp Message About MK Stalin

The Madras High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against R Natraj, former DGP and ex-MLA for allegedly forwarding an offensive message about CM MK Stalin in a WhatsApp Group. Justice G Jayachandran was inclined to quash the proceedings after Natraj expressed regret for his conduct and informed the court that he was willing to circulate the affidavit filed...

Madras High Court Grants Bail To Youtuber Felix Jerald In Savukku Shankar Case, Asks Him To Close His YouTube Channel

The Madras High Court has granted bail to Youtuber Felix Jerald in a case pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Coimbatore. The court however asked Jerald to close his YouTube channel “RedPix 24x7” in which the interview with Savukku Shankar was aired. Justice TV Thamilselvi passed the orders on a petition filed by Jerald. Previously, when Jerald had moved a bail petition...

RTE Act Extends To Education From Kindergarten To 8th Standard Irrespective Of Child's Age, LKG & UKG Classes Covered Under Scheme: Madras HC

The Madras High Court recently observed that the LKG and UKG classes would be covered under the Right to Education scheme as the state is regularly reimbursing the expenses incurred by these classes in the schools. “The State has suo motu, and appropriately, treated children who are below 6 years as well, as being entitled to the benefit of the Act. This, in fact, finds support...

Madras HC Revives Breach Of Privilege Notices Issued To CM Stalin & Other MLAs, Says Proceedings Didn't Lapse Merely Due To Change In Govt

The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside a single judge order that quashed show cause notices issued to current CM MK Stalin and other MLAs from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party on the issue of breach of privilege while displaying gutka sachets inside the Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly in 2017. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice C Kumarappan made it clear that...

Formal Contract Signature Not Required To Enforce Arbitration Clause If Parties Are Ad Idem: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court division bench of Justice Krishnan Ramasamy has held that if it is proved that if it is established that the parties are ad idem, a formal contract signature by the other party is not necessary to enforce the arbitration agreement. Further, the bench held that by acting upon the Purchase Orders, the party implicitly accepted the terms, including the...

Unilateral Appointment Of Arbitrator & Non Service Of Notice : Madras High Court Sets Aside Arbitral Award

The Madras High Court bench of Justice Krishnan Ramasamy has set aside an arbitral award where the opposite party proceeded with arbitration unilaterally and appointed the Arbitrator without any intimation to the claimants. Further, the claimants neither received notices of hearing nor appeared before the Tribunal, and consequently, the Arbitrator did not afford any opportunity...

CBI Did Not Probe Thoothukudi Firing Incident Independently: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has come down heavily on the Central Bureau of Investigation for its failure to bring to light the original culprits in the 2018 Thoothukudi Police Firing during the Anti-Sterlite protests.The bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice N Senthilkumar said that the agency had failed miserably and the fact that the agency had named only one inspector in its charge sheet would...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 22 - July 28, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 286 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 290 NOMINAL INDEX Sapphire Foods India Ltd v The Commissioner, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 286 Raja Murrugan v Superintendent of Police, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 287 The Chief Revenue Controlling Authority Chennai Versus R.Muniyandi, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 288 Karthikeyan and Others v Thangapandian, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 289 Arulraj...

Foreign Tax Credit Can't Be Denied In Spite Of Accepting Computation: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that the claim of foreign tax credit cannot be denied in spite of accepting the computation.The bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, on examining the company tax return and the activity statements, appears prima facie that the petitioner has remitted taxes through the Australian branch. It is clear that foreign tax credit in respect thereof was claimed by...

Madras High Court Judges Recuse From Hearing Savukku Shankar Habeas Corpus Plea Citing His Mother's "Unwarranted" Remarks About Proceedings

The Madras High Court bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice Sunder Mohan have recused from hearing the habeas corpus plea filed by A Kamala, mother of Youtuber and whistleblower 'Savukku' Shankar challenging his detention under the TN Preventive Detention Act. The bench said that Kamala, in a petition seeking to transfer the HCP to the Supreme Court or any court...

Usage Of The Term "Tribal" In School's Name Is Unwarranted, Results In Stigmatisation Of Children: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has directed the Chief Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu to initiate appropriate action and remove prefixes like “Tribal” from the names of the Government Schools in the state. Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice C Kumarappan, while hearing the suo motu petition initiated in the wake of the Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy, noted that the Government schools...