Madras High Court
Madras High Court Asks Director Of Medical Education To Conduct Awareness Programmes To Update LGBTQ+ Issues, Include Speakers From Community
The Madras High Court has directed the Director of Medical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu to conduct awareness programs for updating the LGBTQIA+ issues based competency available in the medical education curriculum in all Government and Private Medical Colleges. The court also emphasised the need to include speakers from the LGBTQIA+ community to address theor issued and to...
Madras HC Declines Student's Plea To Condone Attendance Shortage, Says It Would Amount To Mocking Students Who Attend Classes Regularly
The Madras High Court recently refused relief to a student who had approached the court seeking condonation of deficiency of attendance. Calling him an “unfortunate student who wanted to ride two horses” the bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice C Kumarappan noted that if the court chose to sympathize with the student, it would only be misplaced sympathy and amount to...
'Foisted False Case With Malafide Intention': Madras High Court Transfers Cases Against Whistleblower-Journalist To CB-CID
The Madras High Court has recently transferred pending cases against a whistleblower journalist to the Crime Brance – Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) citing that the Commissioner of Police (Vepery) and the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Central Crime Branch) seemed to have foisted false cases with malicious intention. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan observed that though it...
Madras High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Illegal Beach Sand Mining, Says 'Political Nexus' Cannot Be Ruled Out
The Madras High Court has ordered a CBI probe into the large-scale illegal mining of beach sand that has caused a huge loss to the Tamil Nadu state exchequer to the tune of ₹5,832 Crore. The division bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice M Jothiraman held that the facts of the issue- granting mining lease/approvals, permitting illegal inclusion of monazite in mining lease,...
Trial Courts Cannot Deny Video Conferencing Facility To Lawyers, Litigants: Madras High Court
While directing the Puzhal prison authorities to ensure basic facilities to an undertrial prisoner, the Madras High Court highlighted that video conferencing facility, on which the High Court has even framed rules, cannot be denied to lawyers by the trial/special courts. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice M Jothiraman was hearing the plea of an undertrial prisoner accused in...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 10 - February 16, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 53 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 60 NOMINAL INDEX Kajendran J v. Superintendent of Police and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 53 T Ramalakshmi v. The State and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 54 Mr VA. Pugazhendi v. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 55 Jeyakumari v Stephen, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 56 M/s. Ultimate Computer Care v. M/s. S....
Madras High Court Refuses To Quash Cheating Case Against Drone Manufacturing Company, Says Sufficient Material To Proceed
The Madras High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by Drone Manufacturing company – Ideaforge, seeking to quash a cheating case registered against it by Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd. Justice P Velmurugan noted that the grounds taken by Ideaforge to quash the case was in the nature of defence which could be decided only at the time of trial. The court also noted that there was...
Madras High Court Stays Single Judge Order Directing Enquiry Against Customs Officers For Seizing 'Thalikodi' Of Newly Married Woman
A division bench of the Madras High Court has stayed a single judge order directing inquiry against Customs officers who forcefully removed the thali of a newly married woman on suspicion of smuggling gold. The division bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice C Saravanan stayed the order of Justice Krishnan Ramasamy on an appeal filed by the Principal Commissioner of Customs,...
State Can't Permit Protests Which Disrupt Public Peace & Tranquility: Madras High Court Dismisses Bharath Hindu Munnani's Plea
The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed an application for permitting a procession condemning the recent events at Thiruparakundram, Madurai.Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan observed that for the incidents that happened in Thiruparakundram, resolutions had already been passed between the concerned parties before the RDO and there was no need to conduct another procession, in Chennai to condemn...
Madras High Court Upholds Rejection Of AI-Human Integration Patent Claim
The Madras High Court bench dismissed an appeal seeking a review of a patent claim for a product designed to integrate human and AI capabilities. The appeal was filed by Caleb Suresh Motupalli before the single bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, challenging the order of the Controller of Patents. Upon review, the court found no sufficient grounds to interfere with the...
75 Yrs Of Constitution But Society Yet To Shed 'Unwanted Baggage' Of Caste: Madras HC Refuses To Appoint Temple Trustees From Particular Sub-Caste
While dismissing a plea seeking to frame a scheme of administration in Arulmighu Varatharaja Perumal and Senraya Perumal Temple by appointing non-hereditary trustees from a particular caste, the Madras High Court observed that the very prayer is opposed to public policy and constitutional goals. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy lamented that despite 75 years of the Constitution, sections...
Madras High Court Issues Directions To Clear Backlog Of Cheque Bounce Cases In Magistrate Courts
Noting the pendency of cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the Madras High Court has issued a slew of directions for speedy of disposal of cases. “Judicial notice can be taken of the fact that cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 are clogging the Magistrate Courts for years on account of various reasons. The very purpose...