Madras High Court
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Two Advocates As Judges Of Madras High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium consisting of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, on Tuesday recommended the names of two advocates for appointment as Judges of the Madras High Court. The two advocates are:1. N Senthilkumar, and2. G Arul MuruganThe recommendation comes after the Madras High Court Collegium recommended their names in its resolution dated August...
Executive Merely Implementing Whatever Is Dictated By Party In Power, Political Parties Have Carefully Manipulated System: Madras High Court
While criticising the Director of Vigilance and Anti Corruption for ordering a fresh inquiry against the former CM Edapaddi Palaniswami, the Madras High Court said that even almost 73 years since the Constitution of India started governing this country, the "harsh reality" is that the Executive has almost lost its independence and it has virtually turned into an organ "merely executing...
Fresh Preliminary Inquiry Ordered Against Former CM Edappadi Palaniswami Only Because Of Change In Govt, Not Due To Fresh Material: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Tuesday ruled that there is no reason for conducting another preliminary inquiry by Director of Vigilance and Anti Corruption against former CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami into an alleged State highway tender scam as the earlier report does not suffer from any apparent illegality or unreasonableness. The court said the fresh inquiry has been ordered against the AIADMK...
When Wife Initiates Proceedings For Vindication Of Her Rights, It Can Never Be Considered Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court Sets Aside Divorce Decree
While setting aside a divorce decree, the Madras High Court said that when a wife initiates proceedings for vindication of her rights, it can never be termed as mental cruelty.Justice R Vijayakumar of the Madurai Bench said:“This Court is of the considered opinion that the divorce petition lacks pleadings with regard to the mental cruelty, desertion and the deposition of the husband relating...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 10 To July 16
A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 192 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 198 NOMINAL INDEX Loyola Selva Kumar v Sharon Nisha, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 192 Kajendran v Superintendent of Police and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 193 M Mathi Murugan v The Hindu Religious Charitable Endowment Department and others, 2023 LiveLaw...
Madras High Court Upholds ED's Right To Take TN Minister Senthil Balaji Into Custody; Says 'If ED Can Arrest,They Can Seek Custody Too'
Settling conflicting views regarding the power of the Enforcement Directorate to seek police custody of the accused, the Madras High Court ruled that the central agency was entitled to seek the custody of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji in the money laundering case over the alleged cash-for-jobs scam.Justice CV Karthikeyan, the third judge to whom the matter was referred to following a...
Verify Assets Declared By Police Officers, Confiscate Illegally Accumulated Wealth In Case Of Discrepancy: Madras High Court To State
The Madras High Court has directed the Secretary to Government (Home Department) and the Director General of Police to verify the mandatory declarations given by the police officials as per Rule 9 of the Tamil Nadu Subordinate Police Officers Conduct Rules, 1964, and take all appropriate actions in case of any discrepancies. Rule 9 of the Conduct Rules requires every police...
Corruption In India Pervades All Levels, Not Even Sparing IAS, IPS and Judicial Service: Madras High Court
While making critical remarks against corrupt practices prevalent among all levels of society, the Madras High Court noted that in present-day India, “Corruption has become deep-rooted and is galloping unchecked and unhindered. It is well known how our Great Nation appears to be sinking deeper and deeper in corruption. There is little doubt that corruption in present-day India...
State Can't Abolish Distinction Between 'Game Of Skill' & 'Game Of Chance': Online Gaming Companies Argue Before Madras High Court
While challenging the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation Of Online Games Act 2022, the online gaming companies argued that there was a watershed distinction between a game of skill and a game of chance. It was submitted that this watershed distinction could not be abolished by a deeming function of the state. It was also submitted that the state was trying to...
ED Not Precluded From Carrying Out Investigation, Interrogation; Section 167 CrPC Applies To PMLA Cases Also: SG Tushar Mehta To Madras High Court
Opposing the argument that the Enforcement Directorate does not have the powers of police and thus could not have sought custody of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday told the Madras High Court that absence of such power does not take away ED’s right to investigate or interrogate.Mehta today made the submissions before the bench of Justice...
‘ED Is Acting Like An Authority Investigating Predicate Offence’: Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal To Madras High Court On Senthil Balaji’s Arrest
Challenging the arrest of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji by the Enforcement Directorate, his wife Megala on Tuesday argued that the ED officials do not have powers of a police officer and are acting like an authority investigating the predicate offence. The submissions were made by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Megala's behalf before Justice CV Karthikeyan. Earlier, a division...