Madras High Court
Madras High Court Orders Actor Vishal To Pay Rs. 30 Crore To Lyca Productions, Says His Conduct Has Been Evasive
The Madras High Court has directed Actor Vishal to pay Rs. 30 Crore due to entertainment company Lyca Productions. Decreeing a suit filed by Lyca, Justice PT Asha also remarked that Vishal's conduct had been evasive from the beginning of the suit. Thus, the court noted that it was a case where cost could be imposed on Vishal. “Despite the legal notice and reminder letters...
Madras High Court Registrar General Receives Mail With Bomb Blast Threat
The Registrar General of the Madras High Court, on Monday received a mail threatening of bomb blasts in the high court premises, CBI court premises and the residence of Opposition Leader Edappadi Palaniswami. It has been informed that the bomb squad is thoroughly scouring the premises. The mail further threatened of suicide bombing using IEDs and gave the authorities time till 6:45 pm to...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 2 to June 8, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 184 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 191NOMINAL INDEXPuducherry Body Builders & Fitness Association v. The Government of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 184Play Games 24x7 Private Limited And Anr Vs State Of Tamil Nadu And Ors & Connected Matters, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 185Paraman vs. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 186V Gopi v The State and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 187MA...
Turkish Firm Celebi's Subsidiary Moves Madras High Court Against Termination Of Contract By Chennai Airport
Tukey-based Celebi's subsidiary has approached the Madras High Court challenging the cancellation of the concession agreement by the Airport Authority of India (AAI) following the cancellation of its security clearance by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India. On May 26th, Chennai Airport had cancelled its contract with Celebi Ground...
NEET UG 2025 | Madras High Court Dismisses Plea For Re-Examination, Says It Would Affect Level Playing Field Of More Than 2 Million Students
The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filled by students seeking re-examination of NEET UG examinations Justice C Kumarappan dismissed the petition after taking note of the report filed by the National Testing Agency. The court added that unless malafide was shown in NTA's report, allowing a plea for re-examination would affect the level playing field of around 2 million...
Madras High Court Monthly Digest - May 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 163 to 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 182NOMINAL INDEX M. Maheshwaran and others v. The Chairman & Managing Director and others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 163 J Manohar Dass v. Komathi and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 164 Bank of Baroda v. The Chairman and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 165 Dr Anita R Ratnam v. Meta Platforms, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 166S Nagarajan...
Welfare Government Should Strive To Enforce Prohibition, Not Establish More Liquor Shops: Madras High Court
Ordering the closure of a TASMAC shop situated on a public road, the Madras High Court recently observed that a welfare government should strive to enforce prohibition rather than establishing more TASMAC shops, which affects the public health. “Therefore, it is a constitutional philosophy and the Directive principles insist that a welfare Government should strive wholeheartedly...
CBFC Can't Deny Certification Without Specifying Objectionable Portions :Madras High Court On Vetrimaaran's Tamil Film 'Manushi'
The Madras High Court, on Wednesday, criticized the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for denying certificate to upcoming Tamil movie "Manushi" without specifying the scenes to which it has objections.Noting that movie making was a part of right to free speech and expression, Justice Anand Venkatesh said that the Board would be putting the producers of the movie in great difficulty...
“Not Every Parent Is Like Justice Leila Seth”: Madras High Court Remembers Late Judge Who Acknowledged And Supported Gay Son
While allowing a lesbian woman to go with her partner, the Madras High Court remembered the progressiveness shown by late Justice Leila Seth who acknowledged and accepted her son's sexual orientation. Justice Leila Seth, who was the first Woman Chief Justice of a High Court, was often applauded for publicly supporting her son, who was homosexual. When the Supreme Court in the case...
Supreme Court May Not Have Legalised Same-Sex Marriage But Such Couples Can Very Well Constitute A Family: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that the concept of “family” has to be understood expansively and marriage is not the sole mode to start a family. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayan observed that while the judgment of the Supreme Court in Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty Vs Union of India might not have legalised same sex marriage, such couples...
Chennai Honour Killing Case: Madras High Court Rejects Plea For CBI Probe
The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea seeking CBI probe into the alleged honour killing of a man in Chennai in 2024. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan dismissed the plea filed by V Gopi, father of the deceased Praveen. The court thus refused to transfer the pending investigation to the CBI.Copy of detailed order is awaited. Praveen was allegedly killed by his wife's family members who...