“Evolution Happens When You Recognize Your Mistake And Try To Change It”: Madras High Court Judge Criticises Own Judgment From 2018

While speaking at a lecture series organized by the Madras Bar Association Academy in coordination with the Rakesh Law Foundation, Justice Anand Venkatesh of Madras High Court emphasized that an individual should have the courage to accept his mistakes and be open to changing it. The judge delivered a lecture on “A Judge Criticizing his own judgment in the Matter of Suit...

Manual Scavenging Is State Sanctioned Casteism, Stark Reminder Of Deep-Rooted Discrimination: Madras HC Issues Guidelines For Eradication

Lamenting over the persistence of manual scavenging in today's day and age, the Madras High Court has issued a slew of guidelines to eradicate manual scavenging and to ensure compliance with the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad remarked that though there...

“No Merits”: Madras High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against BJP Leader H Raja For Remarks Against DMK's Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a second application filed by BJP leader H Raja to quash the FIR registered against him for making derogatory remarks against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Karunanidhi and his daughter Kanimozhi Karunanidhi. Justice G Jayachandran noted that the grounds raised in the quash petition were purely factual and were already canvassed in...

Madras High Court Directs BCCI And TN Sports Development Authority To Consider Plea Against Black Marketing Of IPL Tickets

The Madras High Court recently disposed of a plea seeking stringent action against the sale of IPL tickets in the black market at higher prices and to issue directions to the authorities concerned with the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium to conduct the cricket matches fairly. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad directed the Board of Control...

SC/ST Act | Bail Can't Be Granted Merely Based On Period Of Detention, Nature & Gravity Of Offence Must Be Considered: Madras High Court

While denying bail to a man accused of murdering a person belonging to the marginalized community, the Madras High Court has stressed that while considering bail applications in connection with offenses under the SC/ST Act, the courts should refrain from granting bail merely based on period of detention. Justice M Nirmal Kumar was not inclined to grant bail observing that the...

"Did Not Object To Final List": Madras High Court Dismisses Plea For Conducting Special Polling In Coimbatore For Those Left From Voters' List

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking directions to the Election Commission to make arrangements for conducting special polling for those persons whose names were left out from the voter's list prepared for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. A bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice G Chandrasekharan noted that the Final Voters List was published in January...

Madras High Court Asks Govt To Make E-Pass Mandatory For Vehicles Entering Nilgiris And Kodaikanal In May-June

Considering the influx of tourists to the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal regions during summer, the Madras High Court has directed the State government to make E-pass mandatory for vehicles entering these hill stations during summer, in the month of May and June. The specially constituted forest bench of Justice N Satish Kumar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy made the directions while...

Small Spark May Lead To Catastrophe During Elections: Madras High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail To Gangster Rocket Raja

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea filed by gangster Rocket Raja seeking anticipatory bail. While dismissing his plea, Justice B Pugalendhi observed that considering Raja's antecedents, recovery of weapons, a video showing his intention to kill, and considering the elections, the court was not inclined to grant bail. “Considering the antecedents of the petitioner;...

Madras High Court Disposes Plea To Permanently Debar Congress Leader Manickam Tagore From Contesting Any Election In Tamil Nadu

The Madras High Court has disposed of a plea to permanently debar Indian National Congress leader Manickam Tagore from contesting any elections in Tamil Nadu state. The bench of Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq disposed of the plea after taking on record the Election Commission's submission that a competent authority had already considered the issue. The ECI further...

Retrospective Re-Fixing Of Salary And Pension Benefits After Retirement Is Against Law: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently set aside an order of the Registrar of Madurai Kamaraj University reducing a former Lab Assistant's scale of pay and subsequently reducing the pension amount. Justice RN Manjula that after retirement, the employer-employee relationship between the petitioner and the University had come to an end and the University held no authority to re-fix the salary...

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

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 166 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 174 NOMINAL INDEX Sahayaraj V. M/s Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd, CRP(MD) No. 576 of 2024, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 166 Rajesh Das v State, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 167 CM Raghavan v The Joint Director and others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 168 M/s Colorhome Developers Pvt Ltd v. M/s Color Castle Owners Society, OSA(CAD) No. 113...

NRI Moves Madras High Court Seeking Special Polling In Coimbatore For Those Left From Voters' List, Seeks Stay On Result Till Then

A doctor residing in Australia has approached the Madras High Court to direct the Election Commission to make arrangements for conducting special polling for those persons whose names were left out from the voter's list prepared for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Suthanthira Kannan, a doctor residing in Australia, in his plea stated that when he came to Coimbatore to...