Legal Heirship Certificate Can Be Issued Based On Affidavit Of Applicant & Persons Known To Family Like Neighbours And Relatives: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has recently observed that while applying for a legal heirship certificate, if no proof is available to determine who the legal heirs are, the authorities may prepare a report based on the affidavit given by the applicant and five affidavits of persons knowing the family, like a neighbour or a relative. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy observed that when there is no rival claim, each and every fact cannot be verified, and the authority was expected to make the best...

State Minority Commission Cannot Call For Records From Minority Institutions To Verify Adoption Of Reservation Policy: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that the State Minority Commission does not have any locus standi to call for records from a minority educational institution to verify its adoption of the reservation rule. Justice L Victoria Gowri observed that minority educational institutions were exempt from the purview of Article 15(5) which gave power to the State to make special provisions of law for the advancement of socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for Scheduled Castes...

Madras High Court Monthly Digest - February 2025 [Citations 39-80]

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 39 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 80 NOMINAL INDEX Sachin Bansal v The Directorate of Enforcement and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 39 M/s.Sundaram Finance Limited vs. S.M. Thangaraj & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 40 Anugraha Castings v. Anugraha Valve Castings Limited, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 41 M.Murugan v. The District Secretary (and connected cases),...

Madras HC Limits Tourist Vehicles Entering Nilgiris & Kodaikanal During Summer, Asks For Preference To Be Given To Electric Cars

The Madras High Court has imposed a restriction on the number of vehicles plying to the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal this summer in an attempt to manage the congestion in the tourist places. The forest bench of Justice N Satish Kumar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy passed the directions after taking note of the carrying capacity of the hill stations. The court thus directed that only...

Falsely Labelling Police Constable Husband As A Terrorist Cannot Be Ignored, Caused Severe Mental Torture: Madras High Court Grants Divorce

While granting divorce to a police constable, the Madras High Court recently observed that the wife's complaint against him alleging that he had an extra-marital affair and that he had a connection with terrorist organizations could not be ignored as the same would cause severe mental torture and would amount to mental cruelty. The bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice R...

Madras High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Order Allowing Ritual Of Devotees Rolling Over Plantain Leaves On Which Food Was Eaten By Others

The Madras High Court has set aside an order of a single judge allowing Angapradakshinam, a ritual of devotees rolling over the plantain leaves on which other devotees had consumed food. The division bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar and Justice G Arul Murugan set aside an order passed by Justice GR Swaminathan in May 2024. The court noted that whether such a practice was against the...

Pleadings In Civil Suit Not Document/Instrument, Cannot Be Registered By Authorities Or Entered In Encumbrance Certificate: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has clarified that pleadings in a civil suit is not a document or instrument to be registered under the Registration Act or the Stamp Act. The court added that authorities cannot entertain the pleadings or make entries regarding the same in the encumbrance certificate. Justice Anand Venkatesh made the observations noting that previously, the courts have ruled...

Insurance Company Only Liable To Disburse Amount To Beneficiary Or Collector Nominee, Need Not Get Into Dispute Of Legal Heirs: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has recently held that while disbursing the amount under an insurance policy, the Insurance company was only expected to disburse the amount to the beneficiary nominee or collector nominee named in the policy and need not go into any dispute regarding the legal heirs. Relying on an earlier order of the Madras High Court, Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that...

State Can Acquire Temple Land For Public Projects Like Metro, No Violation Of Fundamental Rights Under Article 25, 26: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has set aside a notice issued by the Chennai Metri Rail Limited proposing to acquire the property belonging to United India Insurance for construction of metro station in connection with the Phase-II project of CMRL. Justice Anand Venkatesh held that it was open for the CMRL to acquire the property of a nearby temple, as per its original plan. Borrowing the words...

'Why Didn't ED Wait For Outcome Of Complaint?' : Madras High Court Stays ED Attachment Of Director Shankar's Property Over Copyright Dispute

The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed an order of the Enforcement Directorate provisionally attaching property worth Rs. 10 crore of Tamil filmmaker S Shankar in a copyright infringement case in connection with the 2010 movie 'Enthiran'. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice N Senthilkumar stayed the provisional attachment order on a plea moved by the Director. The ED had...

Madras High Court Orders CBCID Inquiry Against Law Firm For Alleged Involvement In Unlawful Activities In Land Transaction

The Madras High Court has directed the Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) to investigate the genuineness of a law firm and its associates after noting that the lawyers had been indulging in forum shopping, misrepresenting the court, and attempting to legalise their illegal activities. “An analysis of the entire facts and circumstances of the case including the copies...

Madras High Court Closes Interim Application Against Usage Of BTS Footage From Dhanush's Film In Nayanthara's Documentary

The Madras High Court has closed an interim application filed by Dhanush's production company – Wunderbar Films, against using footages of his movie “Naanum Rowdy Dhaan” in Nayanthara's documentary movie “Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale”. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy closed the interim application without any orders after noting the submission of Senior Advocate PS...