Madras High Court Criticizes Police For "Suppressing Dissent", Suo Moto Prosecuting Peaceful Protestors

The Madras High Court recently criticised the Tamil Nadu police for trying to suppress dissent by registering criminal cases against individuals who were peacefully protesting against issues that affected public health and social welfare. The court thus quashed criminal proceedings against individuals who had participated in protests against the functioning of a TASMAC outlet in a populated...

'No One Above Law': Madras High Court Orders Arrest Of ADGP To Investigate His Alleged Involvement In Abduction Case

The Madras High Court has ordered the Tamil Nadu police to arrest Additional Director General of Police HM Jayaram to investigate his alleged involvement in an abduction case. The judge has also asked KV Kuppam MLA "Poovai" Jagan Moorthy to cooperate with the investigating authorities. Justice P Velmurugan directed the police to take action against the ADGP as per law. The court added that...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 9 - June 15, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 192 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 200 NOMINAL INDEX Lyca Productions Private Limited v Vishal Krishna Reddy, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 192 A Shankar @ Savukku Shankar v. The Director, CBI, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 193 V Easwaran v. Government of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 194 G Devarajan V The Special Tahsildar and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 195 Karthik...

Madras High Court Issues Notice To DGP And Commissioner In Suo Motu Case Against Ponmudi's Speech

The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Director General of Police and the Commissioner of Police (Greater Chennai) on a suo motu case initiated by the court against former Tamil Nadu Minister Ponmudi for his recent remarks on Vaishnavism and Saivism.Justice P Velmurugan issued notice to the officers returnable by June 25th. The suo motu case was initiated based on an order by...

Madras High Court Dismisses Google's Plea To Reject Plaint By Testbook Edu Solutions Against New Play Store Billing Policy

The Madras High Court has dismissed an application filed by Google India Private Limited and Google India Digital Services Private Limited to reject a plaint filed by Testbook Edu Solutions Private Limited challenging Google's new billing policy. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy noted that Testbook's plaint was different from the earlier plaints filed by other startups on the...

Madras High Court Rules Against Privatisation Of Natham Lands, Says It Can Be Allotted Only To Poor Landless Or For Public Use

The Madras High Court has clarified that no person can claim ownership of a grama natham land (village house sites) by occupation and such lands were meant to be allotted to the landless poor or used for public purpose. In doing so, the bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekar took a view different from that taken by a single judge holding that when an occupation of...

Madras High Court Suspends One-Month Imprisonment Imposed On IAS Officer In Contempt Case

The Madras High Court has suspended the sentence of one-month imprisonment imposed on IAS officer Anshul Mishra for “civil contempt” by failing to follow an earlier order of the court in a land case.The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayanan suspended the sentence imposed by the judge. The court was hearing an appeal preferred by the IAS officer seeking to set aside...

Madras High Court Asks Govt To Allow Revenue Authorities To Issue “No Caste, No Religion” Certificates

The Madras High Court recently directed the Government to pass necessary Government Orders empowering revenue authorities to issue a "No Caste No Religion: certificate. "Accordingly, we call upon the Government of Tamil Nadu to pass necessary Government Orders, with a specific instruction to the Revenue Authorities to positively entertain applications seeking for grant of certificate of...

Foreign National Can't Be Indefinitely Restricted In India By Issuing LOC Without Being Named As Accused In Criminal Case: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently observed that a foreign national cannot be forced to stay in India indefinitely in connection with a criminal case when he is not even named as an accused in the case. The court thus directed the investigating agencies to complete the probe against a Seychelles citizen within a year and to revoke the look out circular issued against him, if no case...

Theatre Owners Can't Fleece Movie Goers By Overpricing Tickets Immediately After New Movie's Release: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has asked the committee, constituted by the Government, to initiate action against theatre owners who overprice the tickets for customers. The court has also asked the committee to ensure that the excess amount collected by the theatres are refunded to the customers. Justice Anand Venkatesh observed that when the government itself had fixed rates, which was...

Madras High Court Declines CBI Probe In Savukku Shankar's Plea Alleging Swindling Of Funds From Ambedkar Champions Scheme

The Madras High Court has disposed the plea filed by Youtuber Savukku Shankar seeking a CBI probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds in connection with the implementation of the Annal Ambedkar Scheme. Though the court has refused to order a CBI probe, the court has directed the authorities to recheck the list of tender awardees and ensure that only those who fulfill the criteria have...

Funds Payable By Centre To States Under RTE Act Need Not Be Linked To NEP Implementation : Madras High Court

Observing that the funds payable by the Central Government to the States under the Right to Education Act need not be linked to the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), the Madras High Court urged the Centre to consider releasing the Samagra Shiksha Scheme funds payable to the Tamil Nadu government.The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan was...