Madras High Court
Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy | Sufficient Progress In Investigation, No Circumstance To Transfer Probe To CBI: Govt Tells Madras High Court
The Tamil Nadu Government, on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that it had acted diligently following the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy.The state informed the bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq that the state had responded swiftly to the issue and taken every possible steps. The state added that investigation was rapidly progressing.The state highlighted that cases cannot be transferred from the State to a Central Investigation Agency routinely but only...
“Legal Service Is Not Business”: Madras HC Asks State Bar Councils To Take Action Against Lawyers Soliciting Work Through Online Service Providers
The Madras High Court has come down heavily on lawyers soliciting work through online websites in violation of Bar Council of India Rules. The court has asked the Bar Council of India to issue circulars/instructions/guidelines to State Bar Councils to initiate disciplinary proceedings against lawyers for advertising or soliciting their services directly or indirectly. The court added that action should be taken against any form of advertising including furnishing newspaper comments, or...
Madras High Court Sets Aside Conviction Of Former TN Minister Balakrishna Reddy In Alleged Rioting Case
The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside the conviction and sentence imposed om former Tamil Nadu Minister Balakrishna Reddy.Justice G Jayachandran noted that there were several lacunas in the prosecution case and the benefit had to be given to the appellant (Balakrishnan). The orders were passed on appeals preferred by Reddy and others challenging his conviction.In January 2019, a special court had convicted Reddy to 3 year imprisonment in a 1998 arson case in connection with a protest...
Hindi Names Of New Criminal Laws Are The Wisdom Of Parliament, Do Not Affect Any Rights: Centre Tells Madras High Court
The Union Government on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that there was nothing unconstitutional in the Hindi names of the three new criminal laws. The response came in a plea seeking to declare the Hindi names of the new criminal laws as unconstitutional. Additional Solicitor General ARL Sundaresan informed the bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq that the parliament, in its own wisdom had named the new laws and unless these were shown to be...
Police Can Act Against Lawyers Misusing Advocate Stickers To Seek Immunity From Traffic Offences: Madras High Court Tells State
The Madras High Court on Tuesday told the State Government that police could take action against lawyers who were using Advocate Stickers to seek immunity from traffic offences. The bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq were hearing a plea seeking to implement court orders and Government press release and penalise those who misused the Motor Vehicles Act and...
CCTVs Installed In 99% Police Stations, Footage To Be Preserved For 18 Months: TN Govt Tells Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently closed a public interest litigation seeking to frame standard operating procedures for preserving, protecting and maintaining the CCTV footages inside police stations and ensuring its availability to prevent possible human rights violation.The bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq closed the plea after considering the State's...
“Only 9 States & 2 UT's Have Hindi As Official Language”: Plea In Madras HC Seeks To Declare Hindi Names Of New Criminal Laws Unconstitutional
A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking to declare the Hindi names of the new criminal laws- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 as ultra vires the constitution, the Official Language Act 1963, and the Tamil Nadu Official Language Act 1956. The petition, filed by Lawyer Ramkumar Adityan seeks directions...
Police Officers Involved In Thoothukudi Firing Incident Should Be Prosecuted For Murder, Have Shown No Remorse: Madras HC Observes Orally
While hearing a plea seeking to reopen a case related to police firing during the Thoothukudi Sterlite protests in which 13 people lost their lives, the Madras High Court today orally remarked that the police officers responsible for the firing should be prosecuted for the offence of murder. Division Bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice N Senthilkumar lamented that even after all...
Madras High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy, Says Poor Economy Forced Manufacture Of Illicit Liquor
The Madras High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of the manufacture and sale of illicit arrack by the people in Kalvarayan hills. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice C Kumarappan noted that poverty and want of livelihood had forced men and women of the region to resort to the manufacture of illicit arrack. The court added that the issue had to be dealt with...
Madras HC Issues Notice To ECI On Plea Challenging Proviso To S.123(3) Of RP Act Which Gives Immunity To Symbols Allotted By Election Commission
The Madras High Court has issued notices to the Election Commission of India and the Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice in a plea challenging the proviso to Section 123(2) of the Representation of Peoples Act. The bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq issued notice on a plea filed by Advocate ML Ravi. Section 123 of the Representation of...
Madras High Court Seeks Status Report On Plea Seeking Inquiry By Retired HC Judge Into Protests In Savukku Shankar Case
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu police to file a status report on the action taken regarding the flinging of broomsticks by some women protestors when Youtuber Savukku Shankar was produced in courts. The bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq asked the police to file the status report by July 8, 2024. The court was hearing...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 24 to June 30, 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 256 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 265 NOMINAL INDEX Felix Jerald v State, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 256 Indian Institute of Technology v The Controller of Patents & Designs, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 257 Rahul Gandhi v State, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 258 Gokul Abhimanyu v Union of India and Another, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 259 B Anantha Lakshmi and Another v State of...