Madras High Court
Sanatana Dharma Row | BJP IT Chief Amit Malviya Moves Madras High Court To Quash FIR For Allegedly Distorting Udayanidhi Stalin’s Remarks
The National Convenor of Bharathiya Janata Party’s IT Cell, Amit Malviya has approached the Madras High Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him for allegedly distorting the remarks made by Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister Udayanidhi Stalin in the Sanatana Dharma row. Justice G Ilangovan of the Madurai bench has issued a notice to the police...
Madras High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Students Booked For Violence In School, Asks Them To Make Hand-Written Notes On Non-Violence
While granting anticipatory bail to a group of students, the Madras High Court directed them to clean the classrooms for a week and to prepare handwritten notes on non-violence from the excerpts of Mahatma Gandhi, educational schemes promoted by former Chief Minister K Kamraj and dream and vision of Dr. Abdul Kalam. Justice RMT Teeka Raman specifically directed the students to not...
Madras High Court Sets Aside Conviction Of Major General For Alleged Corruption In Supplies For Indian Peace Keeping Force At Srilanka In 1987
The Madras High Court has set aside the conviction of Major General AK Gupta for allegedly procuring supply/ration items during “Operation Pawan” of Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) troops in Srilanka in 1987, in violation of the prescribed procedures, rules, and regulations and thus causing heavy loss to the State. Justice G Jayachandran observed that the Investigating officer...
SC/ST/OBC Reservation Does Not Apply To Minority Educational Institution, But Intake Of Minority Students Cannot Exceed 50%: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that the policy of reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes cannot be implemented in Minority educational institutions. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice PD Audikesavalu relied on the precedents laid down by the Supreme Court and reiterated that the exclusion of Minority...
Employee’s Suspension Cannot Extend Endelssly Without Disciplinary Proceedings Merely Due To Pendency Of Criminal Case: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has recently observed that in cases where employees were suspended from service in connection with a crime, the suspension cannot continue endlessly without initiating disciplinary proceedings merely due to pendency of criminal case. The bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar and Justice K Kumaresh Babu observed that the employers could not continuously take a stand that...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 25 to October 1, 2023
Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 278 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 295 NOMINAL INDEX S Zahir Hussain v The State and Others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 278 C Raja v State and Others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 279 Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Education v The Appeal Committee, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 280 H Kalyan Singh vs. Dr Nirmalkathri and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 281 M/s. Hotel Saravana...
Madras High Court Grants Injunction In Favour Of Sangeetha Hotels, Restrains Former Franchisee From Using “Geetham” And Similar Marks
The Madras High Court has recently granted an ad-interim injunction in favour of Sangeetha Hotel chain, thus restraining its former franchisee from using marks like 'GEETHAM', 'GEETHAM VEG' , 'SANGEETHAM', or any GEETHAM or SANGEETHA formative marks or such similar marks. Allowing an application filed by Sangeetha, Justice PT Asha observed that a prima facie case was made out and...
Cannot Treat Retired BSF Personnel As “Ex-Servicemen” For Granting Concessions For Consumption Of Liquor In Tamil Nadu: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that it could not treat retired personnel from the Border Security Force (BSF) as Ex-Servicemen for extending the benefits of exemption and concession granted to Ex-Servicemen as per the The Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937, for the benefits of purchase and consumption of liquor in the State. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and...
Portfolio Changes In Madras High Court : Judge Who Suo Motu Reopened Acquittals Of Politicians Shifted To Madurai Bench
Justice Anand Venkatesh of Madras High Court, who has caused a political stir in the State of Tamil Nadu by deciding to suo motu take up revision of orders acquitting politicians, has now been shifted to the Madurai bench following a portfolio change. Justice Venkatesh, who was in charge of dealing with criminal appeals and writ petitions relating to criminal cases involving sitting...
1992 Vachathi Crimes: Madras High Court Upholds Convictions Of Police, Forest And Revenue Officials, Orders 10 Lakh Compensation For Rape Victims
The Madras High Court on Friday (September 29) dismissed the appeals preferred by 126 forest officials, 84 police personnel and 5 revenue officials against their convictions and sentence for various crimes that took place in Vachathi, in Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu. Coincidentally, the Sessions Court judgment finding the accused guilty was also passed on September 29 in the...
Madras High Court Directs State To Prevent Use Of Stickers Like "Govt Of India", "Police" On Private Vehicles
The Madras High Court recently observed that the state authorities including the Home department, transport department and police are bound to ensure that stickers and artifacts having “Emblem”, “G”, “Govt of India”, “Government of Tamil Nadu”, “High Court”, “Police” are not used on private vehicles. Calling such monitoring a continuous process, Chief Justice...
S.34 SARFAESI Act | Civil Court's Jurisdiction Not Ousted When Remedy Cannot Be Effectively Addressed By Tribunal: Madras High Court
While dismissing an application filed under Section 34 of the SARFAESI Act to reject a plaint on the ground that the court's jurisdiction was ousted, the Madras High Court observed that the civil court's jurisdiction is not ousted when the remedy sought cannot be effectively addressed by the Tribunal. Justice RN Manjula noted that the case, which involved rights relating to property...