Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 9 To December 15, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 476 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 478

NOMINAL INDEX

ABC v. XYZ, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 476

The Music Academy v V Shrinivasan and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 477

N Sasikala v The Assistant Director, ED, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 478

REPORTS

No Fixed Parameters For Cruelty In Matrimonial Case, Rude Language And Ill-Treatment Wouldn't Per Se Constitute Legal Cruelty: Madras HC

Case Title: ABC v. XYZ

Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 476

The Madras High Court recently highlighted that the concept of cruelty under matrimonial cases has undergone substantial change and there could not be any fixed parameters for determining what constitutes acts of cruelty.

A division bench of Justice J Nisha Banu and Justice R Kalaimathi said that what amounted to acts of cruelty would differ from person to person, man to woman and thus, a broad approach was needed. The court also added that the matters had to be dealt with latitudinarianism in the modern era.

The high court, while making the observations, refused relief to a husband who had claimed divorce on the grounds of physical and mental cruelty. The court noted that though the husband had made allegations of physical and mental cruelty, he had not specified even one instance or given evidence in support of the same. The court noted that it could not infer anything from the facts of the case which could prove that there were alleged acts of cruelty by the wife and thereby dismissed the husband's plea.

Madras High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Order Which Restrained Conferment Of Award In MS Subbulakshmi's Name To TM Krishna

Case Title: The Music Academy v V Shrinivasan and Others

Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 477

The Madras High Court has set aside a single judge order restrainig The Music Academy and The Hindu group from conferring the Sangita Kalanidhi Award to musical TM Krishna in Late MS Subbulakshmi's name.

The division bench of Justice SS Sunthar and Justice P Dhanabal passed the order on an appeal preferred by The Music Academy and the Hindu Group. Though a mention was made against the division bench order before the Supreme Court, the CJI directed the matter to be posted on Monday.

Madras High Court Expedites Trial Against Sasikala In FERA Case

Case Title: N Sasikala v The Assistant Director, ED

Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 478

The Madras High on Thursday dismissed three petitions filed by Sasikala, a close aide of former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, challenging certain questions put forward by the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Economic Offences – I at Egmore.

While doing so, the bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice M Jothiraman also directed the court to expedite the trial if the and asked the parties to cooperate with the trial and to refrain from filing frivolous petitions to delay the trial.

The Enforcement Directorate had registered the case in 1996 against Sasikala (as Chairperson and Director of J Jaya TV), V Bhaskaran (Managing Director of Jaya TV), and J Jaya TV Private Limited. The cases were registered under Sections 8(1), 9(1) (c) and 9(1) (a) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act for allegedly making payments to the tune of 10.45 Singapore Dollars, without the RBI's approval, to make payment for transponders and to secure uplinking facilities for the channel.