“Investigation Underway, Have Traced Most Of Those Who Went Missing From Sadhguru's Isha Foundation”: State Tells Madras HC

The State Government on Thursday informed the Madras High Court that investigation was underway in the case of man-missing from Isha Foundation founded by Sadhguru.The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice Sunder Mohan was hearing a habeas corpus plea filed by Thirumalai of Tirunelveli District to produce the body of his brother Ganesan.In the previous hearing, the Additional Public...

Assessee Can't Be Absolved Of Responsibility As Registered Person To Monitor The GST Portal: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court held that the assessee cannot be absolved of responsibility as a registered person to monitor the GST portal.The bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy has observed that an audit was conducted and that an audit report dated 15.09.2023 was issued. An intimation and show cause notice preceded the impugned order. It is noticeable that the tax proposal was confirmed...

Poll-Ads Pre-Certification: Madras High Court Asks ECI To Produce Supreme Court Order, Says ECI Can't Pass Orders Limiting HC's Jurisdiction

The Madras High Court on Wednesday commented that the ECI could not have doubled up the powers of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. The court also remarked that the ECI could not have passed orders limiting the jurisdiction of the High Courts. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad was hearing a plea by the Dravida...

[Road Accident] Smelling Alcohol In Breath Not Itself Ground To Attribute Contributory Negligence, Must Assess Alcohol Level In Blood: Madras HC

The Madras High Court recently observed that merely smelling alcohol in the breath of a person brought to the hospital by itself is not a ground to attribute contributory negligence to the person in motor accident cases. The court noted that in most cases, the doctors merely indicated the breath smelled of alcohol without making any effort to find out the percentage of alcohol in...

Discriminatory Ancient Practises Must Give Way After Adoption Of Constitution: Madras HC Bins Plea Challenging Handing Over Of Sceptre To Widow In Meenakshi Temple

Criticizing a litigant for filing pleas objecting to the handing over of a sceptre to a widow during the Pattabhishekam day in Chitra Festival in the Meenakshi Amman Temple, the Madras High Court recently observed that there was no embargo in handing over the Sengol or the Sceptre to a woman or a widow. Justice C Saravanan added that even if such sanctions were operating in ancient...

Gratification Of Electors During Election Demolishes Basic Structure Of Constitution And Democracy: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently remarked that gratification to voters in the form of money, food, prizes, etc. during elections would demolish the basic structure of the constitution and democracy. Justice B Pugalendhi of the Madurai bench also lamented that the legislature has not treated such gratifications with gravity as the offence was punishable only with imprisonment to an extent...

Opportunity For Hearing Was Refused Due To Assessee's Failure To Click On Appropriate Button, Madras High Court Quashes Faceless Assessment Order

The Madras High Court has quashed the order as the opportunity for hearing was refused due to the assessee's failure to click on the appropriate button.The bench of Justice Mohammed Shaffiq has observed that the personal hearing ought to have been extended, though the assessee might have failed to click on the appropriate button. The bench, while quashing the order, was directed to pass the...

Lok Sabha Election 2024 | Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Tirunelveli BJP Candidate's Nomination

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the nomination filed by Nainar Nagendran, BJP's candidate from Tirunelveli. Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad noted that it was too late to issue any direction at this point considering that the polling in the state of Tamil Nadu was scheduled to be held on 19th April.The petition was filed by one...

Madras High Court Seeks ECI's Response On DMK's Plea Challenging Guidelines To Regulate Political Parties' Advertisements On TV Channels, Cable Networks

The Madras High Court on Monday sought the Election Commission of India's response to a plea moved by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party challenging ECI's Consolidated Guidelines to regulate the advertisements by political parties on television channels and cable networks. The party had also challenged an order of the Chief Electoral Officer confirming the rejection...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 8 - April 14, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 153 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 160 NOMINAL INDEX S.ShreDharmaaraghavan v Inspector of Police and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 153 Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd and Another v Suraj Sharma and Another, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 154 Karti P Chidambaram v The Regional Passport Officer Chennai, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 155 Sri Nrisimha Priya Charitable Trust versus...

Madras High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2024 [Citations 1-142]

CITATIONS: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 to 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 142 NOMINAL INDEX Ganeshkumar v The Principal Secretary to Government, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 The Principal Commissioner of Income Tax Versus K.M.Mammen, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 2 ABC v XYZ, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 3 Dr R Karpagam v Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden and Others, 2024...

Madras High Court Appoints Committee Of Retd Judges To Takeover Administration Of CSI, Directs Committee To Conduct Elections To The Synod

The Madras High Court has appointed a committee of two retired High Court judges to takeover the administration of the Church of South India (CSI) and to conduct the election of the Synod. Though a single judge had previously appointed a retired High Court judge to conduct elections, the bench of Justice R Subramaniam and Justice R Sakthivel felt that considering the nature of...