Interest Income From Co-Operative Bank Entitled To Income Tax Deduction: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently clarified that interest income received from a Cooperative bank is also entitled to deduction under Section 80P(2)(d) of the Income Tax Act 1961.Justice Krishnan Ramasamy observed that as per the Act, a Co-operative society is defined as a co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act 1912. Thus, even a cooperative bank would come within...

Flagpole Case: Madras High Court Grants Bail To BJP Functionary Amar Prasad Reddy

The Madras High Court on Friday granted bail to BJP leader Amar Prasad Reddy arrested in connection with the alleged attacking and damage of a JCB machine brought to remove the illegal and unauthorized flag poles outside the residence of TN BJP Chief K Annamalai.Justice CV Karthikeyan granted bail to Amar and other accused after recording their undertaking to pay an amount of Rs.12,000...

Sanatana Dharma Row | Freedom Of Speech And Expression Is Above Freedom Of Religion: A Raja Argues Before Madras HC

While arguing before the Madras High Court in the quo warranto pleas seeking to show under what authority Sports Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, HRCE Minister Sekar Babu, and MP A. Raja are continuing to hold public office in light of their recent remarks on 'Sanatana Dharma', Senior Counsel R Viduthalai, appearing for A Raja submitted that the freedom of speech and expression were placed much...

Union Government Has Rendered National Commission For Backward Classes Nonfunctional, Hope Appointments Are Made Expeditiously: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently noted that though the Government had established the National Commission for Backward Classes, it had rendered the commission nonfunctional by not making timely appointments. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy made the remarks in a plea filed by Advocate K Balu seeking directions to the authorities to constitute...

TN Law Regulating Online Games Won't Apply To Games Of Skill Like Poker & Rummy : Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Thursday upheld the validity of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act 2022. The court, however, added that the Act would not be applicable to games like rummy and poker, which were games of skill and will be applicable only against games of chance. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice PD Audikesavalu...

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To Forbear State From Detaining BJP Functionary Amar Prasad Reddy

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by the wife of Tamil Nadu BJP functionary Amar Prasad Reddy seeking to forbear the State from detaining him under the Tamil Nadu Detention Act. Justice G Jayachandran found the plea to be premature after taking note of the Public Prosecutor’s submission that the State police had no proposal, as of now, to detain Amar under any...

Allegation Of Caste Discrimination In Madras Bar Association Far-Fetched; Discrimination Doesn’t Flow From Membership Denial : Madras High Court

While setting aside a single judge order that had made criticizing remarks about the membership policy of the Madras Bar Association, the Madras High Court recently observed that the membership of an individual could be decided only by the association and not all persons could make a grievance."The allegation of the Writ Petitioner that there is discrimination on the basis of caste in...

Madras High Court Disapproves Of TNPSC Invalidating Candidate's Answer For Writing 'Jai Hind' At End Of Essay

Coming to the aid of a candidate whose answer paper was invalidated for writing “Jai Hind” at the end of an essay, the Madras High Court recently observed that writing Jai Hind did not invalidate the essay and it was in fact a patriotic slogan which summarised the essence of the topic. Justice Battu Devanand of the Madurai bench observed that observed that Jai Hindi which meant...

What Research Done To Understand 'Sanatana Dharma'? Madras High Court Asks Udhayanidhi Stalin To Produce Texts

The Madras High Court on Wednesday asked the Tamil Nadu Sports and Youth Development Minister Udayanidhi Stalin what research he had done to understand 'Sanatana Dharma' before making recent controversial remarks against it.Justice Anita Sumanth was hearing the Quo Warranto pleas seeking to show under what authority Sports Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, HRCW Minister Sekar Babu, and MP A. Raja...

Madras High Court Temporarily Restrains O Paneerselvam From Using AIADMK Party Name, Flag, Symbol And Letterhead

The Madras High Court has temporarily restrained former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and expelled AIADMK leader O Paneerselvam from using the party’s name, flag, symbol, and letterhead. Justice N Satish Kumar allowed the plea for interim injunction filed by the party General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswami. Though Advocate Rajalakshmi, appearing for OPS informed the court that he had...

Madras High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Order Against Madras Bar Association For Allegedly Preventing Non-Member From Drinking Water

A division bench of the Madras High Court has recently set aside an order of a single judge criticizing the Madras Bar Association and its membership policy and imposing a fine of five lakh on the association for denying drinking water to a lawyer. The bench of Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice K Rajasekar allowed the appeal preferred by the association against the single judge...

“Protectors Of Sanatana Dharma Should Not Use Unsavoury Words”: Madras High Court Orders Social Media Detox For Temple Activist

The Madras High Court on Monday recommended a two-week social media detox to a temple activist asking him not to make any posts or comments on social media and imposed a fine of Rs 2000 on him for his distasteful tweets against an industrialist. The bench of Justice J Nisha Banu and Justice N Mala was hearing a contempt petition filed by industrialist Venu Srinivasan who informed...