Madras High Court Sets Aside Acquittal Of TN Minister Ponmudi & His Wife In Disproportionate Assets Case

The Madras High Court on Tuesday set aside the order of a trial court acquitting Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi and his wife in a disproportionate asset case filed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in 2011. Justice G Jayachandran allowed an appeal preferred by the DVAC against a 2016 order of the Villupuram Special Court for Prevention of Corruption...

Proper Translation Of Law Books & Judgments Into Tamil Necessary To Make It Official Court Language, Fasting Will Not Help: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Monday remarked that there was no point in going on fasts to make Tamil the official language of the court and what was necessary was to make efforts to translate law books and judgments into Tamil. Justice G Jayachandran remarked that people who were demanding to make Tamil the official language for communication and pleading in the court should start by...

S.43D UAPA | In Extraordinary Circumstances, High Courts Have Discretion To Grant Bail To A Person Who Is Not An Indian Citizen: Madras HC

The Madras High Court recently observed that in extraordinary circumstances, the High Courts had discretion to grant bail even to a person who is not an Indian Citizen. “43-D (7) of the UA(P) Act, 1967, stipulates that bail cannot be granted to a person who is not an Indian citizen and has entered the country unauthorisedly or illegally…It is not as if that there is...

Can State Insist On Fixing Quota For Seat Sharing In Self-Financing Minority Educational Institutions? Madras HC Refers Matter To Full Bench

The Madras High Court has referred to the full bench the issue of whether the Government Order insisting on Minority Self Financing Education Institutions to fill up 50% of the seats based on the merit list prepared by the competent authority in light of the judgment of the Supreme Court in TMA Pai Foundation case. Justice Anand Venkatesh opined that the recent judgment of a...

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By Kerala SRTC Against Use Of “KSRTC” Mark By Karnataka SRTC, Says Both PSUs Should Co-Exist Peacefully

The Madras High Court has recently dismissed a plea moved by Kerala State Road Transport Corporation against the registration of the word mark “KSRTC” by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy observed that as per Section 33 of the Trade Marks Act, Kerala SRTC had acquiesced in the use of the mark by the Karnataka SRTC. Similarly, relying...

“Took A Larger Risk”: Madras High Court Directs Authorities To Consider Granting Accelerated Promotion To Constable Assigned To Collect Information About Veerappan

The Madras High Court recently directed the State Government and police authorities to give accelerated promotion to Sumathi, a Grade I Constable who was assigned to collect information about the notorious Forest Brigand Veerappan. Justice K Kumaresh Babu observed that the authorities had already given accelerated promotion to another Sub-Inspector of the Special Branch assigned with...

ED Officer's Arrest By Tamil Nadu DVAC | Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking CBI Enquiry, Says State Has Power To Investigate

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking CBI enquiry into the arrest of Ankit Tiwari, the Enforcement Directorate Officer arrested by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption for allegedly collecting Rs 20 Lakh bribe from a government doctor threatening to reopen a case against him. The bench of Justice M Sundar and Justice...

Madras High Court Sentences IPS Officer Sampath Kumar To 15 Days Imprisonment In Contempt Plea By MS Dhoni, Suspends It To Allow Appeal

The Madras High Court on Friday sentenced IPS officer Sampath Kumar to 15 days simple imprisonment in a contempt plea moved by cricketer MS Dhoni. The bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice Sunder Mohan however suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow Sampath Kumar to file an appeal. Dhoni contended that the IPS officer made disparaging and derogatory remarks against the...

ED Officer Arrested By Tamil Nadu DVAC For Allegedly Taking ₹20 Lakh Bribe Moves High Court Seeking Bail

Enforcement Directorate Officer Ankit Tiwari who was arrested by the Tamil Nadu Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Wing for allegedly collecting a Rs 20 lakh bribe from a government doctor by threatening to reopen a case against him, has approached the Madras High Court seeking bail.Ankit was arrested earlier this month by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption. The DVAC had alleged...

Whether Killing Of Hindu Religious Leaders Would Itself Constitute A Terrorist Act Is Debatable: Madras High Court

While dealing with a bail plea of a man arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the Madras High Court noted that the question of whether killing a Hindu religious leader would itself constitute a terrorist act was debatable. The bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice Sunder Mohan noted that as per Section 15 of the UAPA, the act must have been done with an intent to...

Were Procedures Followed Before Numbering Suo Moto Revision Petitions? Madras High Court Asks Registry

Justice G Jayachandran of Madras High Court on Tuesday asked the Registrar General if the procedures were duly followed before numbering the suo moto revisions taken up against the acquittal/discharge of Ministers in various cases. The judge remarked that in October 2019 the administrative committee consisting of the Chief Justice and six senior most judges had resolved to constitute...

“Robbing Reputation & Earnest Service”: Retd Judge Who Acquitted Tamil Nadu Minister Ponmudi Responds To Adverse Observations By High Court

The retired Principle District Judge, who had acquitted Tamil Nadu Minister Ponmudi and his family in a disproportionate assets case has responded to the adverse remarks made against her by the single judge in his suo motu revision order. In August this year, while exercising suo motu revision powers, Justice Anand Venkatesh had strongly criticized how the trial against the Minister...