Madras High Court
CBDT's Digital Evidence Investigation Manual Is Mandatory For Income Tax Dept. While Conducting Searches, Seizing Electronic Evidence: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has held that it is mandatory for the income tax department to follow the Digital Evidence Investigation Manual issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) while conducting searches and seizing electronic evidence.The bench of Justice Krishnan Ramasamy has observed that the electronic data has been collected in.txt files in violation of the provisions of the...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 04 - March 10, 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 95 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 100 NOMINAL INDEX D Bright Joseph v Church of South India and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 95 M Priya v Canara Bank, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 96 V Boovalingam v Ponnamani and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 97 T Manohar v Udhayanidhi Stalin and Another, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 98 S Harikrishnan v Union of India and Others, 2024...
Madras High Court Directs AO To Allow Transitional Credit Of Purchase Tax Paid Under GST Act If Already Paid under VAT Act
The Madras High Court has directed the Assessing Officer to allow transitional credit of purchase tax paid under Section 140 of the TNGST Act, 2017, if the petitioner had paid “purchase tax” under Section 12(1) of the TNVAT Act.The bench of Justice C. Saravanan has observed that the petitioner deserves a chance to defend the case as the impugned assessment order was passed during the...
Madras High Court Removes Observation In Judgment That Origin Of Caste System Is Less Than A Century Old
The Madras High court has now removed the remarks made about the origin of caste system from its recent judgement in the pleas challenging the continuation of office of Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, Minister Sekar Babu and MP A Raja.In the judgment uploaded on March 6th, Justice Anita Sumanth had observed as under,"This Court agrees unequivocally that there are inequities based on caste present...
Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Moves Madras High Court For Getting All Country Passport To Travel To UK
S Nalini, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case, has approached the Madras High Court seeking directions to the state to permit her husband Srikaran @ Murugan, another convict in the case, to appear before the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai and get an all-country passport allowing him to travel to the United Kingdom and settle with his...
Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Discharge Of Untreated Sewage & Effluents By Isha Foundation
The Madras High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by a resident of Coimbatore seeking action against Isha Foundation to stop discharging sewage and other effluents into the neighboring land owned by him. The bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice N Senthilkumar have issued notices returnable by March 27. In the meanwhile, the court has directed government officials to ensure that...
Origins of Caste System As We Know Today Are Less Than A Century Old: Madras High Court
Update on March 9 - Madras High Court Removes Observation In Judgment That Origin Of Caste System Is Less Than A Century OldWhile making strong criticism against TN Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, Minister Sekar Babu and MP A Raja for their recent remarks against the Sanatana Dharma, the Madras High Court observed that Sanatana Dharma connotes an uplifting, noble, and virtuous code of conduct....
Udhayanidhi Stalin's Comments Against 'Sanatana Dharma' Amount To Hate Against Specific Community : Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has strongly criticized the statements made by Tamil Nadu Minister Udaynidhi Stalin calling for the eradication of the Sanatana Dharma. The statements were made in a seminar organized for the eradication of Sanatana Dharma. The Minister had said that Sanatana Dharma was like HIV, AIDS, and Malaria, and rather than opposing it, it had to be eradicated. Justice...
Discipline Is Of Paramount Consideration In Military Services, Lenient View Will Bring Organisational Disorder: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that in military services, the paramount consideration was towards discipline and any lenient view would cause organisational disorder. The bench of Justice D Krishnakumar and Justice N Senthilkumar was hearing a plea against an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal upholding a driver's removal from service and seeking to reinstate...
Madras High Court Deprecates Udhayanidhi Stalin's Comments Against 'Sanatana Dharma', Refuses To Direct His Removal As Minister
The Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to issue a writ of quo warranto against Tamil Nadu Ministers Udhayanidhi Stalin, Sekar Babu and MP A Raja to remove them from their posts because of the comments against Sanatana Dharma. At the same time, Justice Anita Sumanth made critical remarks against the statements made by the Ministers and observed that those holding constitutional...
Parks And Playgrounds Are Lungs Of City, Lands Earmarked Should Not Be Used For Anything Else: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently remarkes that parks and playgrounds are the lungs of a city and lands earmarked for constructing the same should not be used for any other purpose. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice P Dhanabal observed that as per Section 32(4) and Section 122 of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act 1971, and Rule 47 of the Tamil...
Madras High Court Monthly Digest: February 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 51 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 90NOMINAL INDEX XXXX v State, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 51 H Santhosh v The District Collector, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 52 Pay Perform India Private Limited v The Union of India and Another, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 53 M/s.India Cements Limited Versus Commissioner of Customs, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 54 Flow Link Systems Pvt. Ltd. Versus...