'Can't Conduct Mini-Trial In Bail Proceedings': ED Opposes Senthil Balaji's Bail Plea In Madras High Court

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday opposed the bail plea moved by former Tami Nadu Minister MLA Senthil Balaji. Balaji was arrested by the ED in June last year in a cash for jobs money laundering case. During the pendency of the bail plea, Balaji had also resigned from his ministerial post. The bail plea was heard by Justice Anand Venkatesh. The court had previously taken a...

Madras High Court Quashes Revision Order Passed Under TNGST Act Against Renault Nissan For Travelling Beyond The Scope Of Revision Proceedings

The Madras High Court has quashed the revision order passed under the Tamil Nadu Goods and Service Tax Act (TNGST Act) against Renault Nissan for travelling beyond the scope of revision proceedings.The bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy has quashed the revision order and remanded the matter for reconsideration. The respondent department was directed to provide a reasonable...

Madras High Court Quashes FIR Against Journalist Abhijit Majumder After He Redacts Derogatory Remarks On Periyar

The Madras High Court on Tuesday quashed an FIR registered against Journalist Abhijit Majumder. The FIR was lodged by the Tamil Nadu police over derogatory remarks made on Periyar in an opinion piece written by Majumder criticizing Tamil Nadu Youth Development Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's Sanatana Dharma remark. Justice Anand Venkatesh noted that the journalist had redacted...

Madras High Court Reserves Order On Suo Motu Revision Against Minister Periyasamy's Discharge, Questions DVAC's Inaction In Obtaining Sanction

The Madras High Court on Tuesday reserved orders on the suo motu revision taken up against the discharge of Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I Periyasamy in a corruption case. The case against Periyamasy was that while serving as the Minister for Housing in the DMK cabinet between 2008 and 2009, he had conspired with other persons to illegally obtain a High Income Group Plot in...

Madras High Court Refuses To Stay Conviction Of Former TN DGP Rajesh Das In Sexual Harassment Case

The Madras High Court has refused to stay the conviction of former Tamil Nadu DGP Rajesh Das in a sexual harassment case. In June 2023, the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Villupuram had convicted Das for sexually harassing a woman Superintendent of Police while on duty in 2021 and sentenced him to three-year imprisonment with a fine. This order was confirmed by the Principal...

Madras High Court Quashes ED's Provisional Attachment Order, Says Neither Notice Given To Party Nor Order Confirmed By Adjudicating Authority

The Madras High Court has recently set aside a provisional attachment order made by the Deputy Director of ED and confirmed by the adjudicating authority after noting that the provisional attachment was not made per law. The court noted that even on the counter, the Department could not explain how the provisional attachment could be sustained on merits. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh...

NIA Act | Restriction On Filing Appeals After 90 Days Despite Showing Sufficient Cause For Delay Against Fundamental Right: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that the word “Shall” used in Section 21(5) of the National Investigation Agency Act be read as “May” in appeals challenging the judgments of conviction and appeals challenging rejection of bail. Section 21(5) of the NIA Act reads “Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period of thirty days from the date of...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 5 - February 11, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 56 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 66 NOMINAL INDEX Chairman and Managing Director, UCO Bank v K Marimuthu, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 56 TN Medical Laboratories Association v Principal Secretary and others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 57 SR Sathyanarayana Rao v The District Collector and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 58 E Shakthi Murugan v District Collector, 2024...

“Right To Participate In Funeral Ceremony Of Parent/Spouse/Child Part Of Article 25”: Madras HC Allows Undertrial To Attend Father's Funeral

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court held a special sitting on Sunday to hear the anticipatory bail plea of an undertrial arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, seeking to attend his father's funeral. Though the court firmly objected to granting bail or interim bail to the prisoner, the court observed that the Right to attend the funeral was part...

S. 43A IT Act | Company Preparing List Of Employees Not Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Is Not Circulating Sensitive Personal Data: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently observed that a company making a list of employees who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 is not sharing sensitive personal data and cannot be prosecuted under Section 43 A of the Information Technology Act. Justice Anand Venkatesh thus set aside a private complaint initiated against a company by its former employee. The court noted that...

Madras High Court CJ Re-Assigns Suo Motu Revisions Against Acquittal/Discharge Of Ministers To Justice Anand Venkatesh

The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice SV Gangapurwala has assigned the suo motu revision pleas against the acquittal/discharge of Ministers in Tamil Nadu to Justice Anand Venkatesh. On Monday, the Supreme Court had left it for the Chief Justice of the High Court to take a call on who shall hear and decide the suo motu proceedings initiated by the Single Judge. In August...

“Environmental Interest Converted Into Communal Tension”: Madras High Court Refuses To Quash Hate Speech Case Against BJP State Head Annamalai

The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against BJP State Head K Annamalai for his remarks against a Christian Missionary NGO. In an interview with a YouTube Channel, Annamalai had allegedly stated that it was a Christian Missionary NGO which had initially approached the Supreme Court seeking a ban on firecrackers. A video clipping of...