Personality Rights | Madras High Court Asks Meta And Telegram To Take Down Accounts Unauthorisedly Using Dancer Anita Ratnam's Photos, Audio

The Madras High Court has asked Meta and Telegram to take down social media accounts that have been unauthorisedly using photos and audio of dancer Anita Ratnam. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, on prima facie assessment, opined that the social media accounts had misused Ratnam's celebrity status for their commercial purpose. Noting that the usage did not fall within fair use,...

S.50 PMLA | Confession Made To ED Not Hit By Evidence Act, Whether Made Voluntarily Or Coercively Would Be Decided At Trial: Madras HC

The Madras High Court recently reiterated that the officers of the Enforcement Directorate, who record statements of accused under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, are not police officers and such statements would not come under the Indian Evidence Act. The court added that whether the statements were recorded voluntarily or under coercion could be decided only...

Madras High Court Judge Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad Passes Away

Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad (56), sitting judge of the Madras High Court, passed away in the late hours of May 6th, 2025, at Chennai. Sources say that the judge suffered a cardiac arrest and was taken to a private hospital, where he breathed his last. Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad was appointed as an additional judge of the Madras High Court on 27th October, 2021, and was later made...

Production Company Approaches Madras High Court Against Release Of Malayalam Film 'Janaki v. State Of Kerala' Over Unpaid Dues

Peppermint Private Limited, a company engaged in film production and digital entertainment business, has approached the Madras High Court to stall the release of the upcoming Malayalam film “Janaki v. State of Kerala” starring Suresh Gopi scheduled to release on May 15th. The company has sought an interim injunction to restrain the producers of the movie– Cosmos Entertainment,...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 28 to May 04, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 156 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 165 NOMINAL INDEX Indian Bank v. The Commercial Tax Officer, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 156 State v. Durai Murugan and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 157 Shanmugavel v. The State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 158 State v. MRK Paneerselvam, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 159 State v. I Periyasamy, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 160 Vijayakumar v....

Constitute State Level Committees To Dispose Enquiries On 'Bogus' Community Certificates, Ensure Complete Scrutiny: Madras HC Tells State

The Madras High Court has asked the state government to ensure that required number of State Level Scrutiny Committees are constituted to effectively dispose pending enquiries in connection with community certificates and ensure that the certificates are issued after complete scrutiny.The issue before the court was that many bogus Community Certificates had been issued by the...

High Time To Effectively Digitise Investigation Agencies, IT Wing Of Tamil Nadu Police Still In Premature Stage: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently highlighted that it was high time to effectively digitise every investigation agency and ensure that court orders are effectively complied with.Justice AD Jagadish Chandira noted that though the Tamil Nadu police has implemented the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), the ground reality was that the citizens were being...

Terminated Temporary Workers Given Right To Apply In Future Recruitment Processes Along With Age Relaxation: Madras HC

Madras High Court: A single judge bench consisting of Justice Shamim Ahmed held that seasonal workers whose engagement was cancelled due to procedural irregularities, should not be punished for faults of the selection committee. The court ruled that while such temporary workers could not be reinstated, they must be permitted to participate in future recruitment processes, along...

Madras High Court Forms Committee To Crackdown On Illegal Homestays, Cottages In Nilgiris And Kodaikanal Hills

The Madras High Court has ordered the formation of a committee comprising of District Revenue Officer, Municipal Commissioner and the District Tourism Officer to carry out inspection in Nilgiris and Kodaikanal districts to crack down on illegal home stay and cottage operators. The forest bench of Justice N Sathish Kumar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy asked the committee to ensure...

POCSO Offence Is Committed Against Society, Accepting Defence Of Subsequent Marriage With Victim Will Defeat Purpose Of Act: Madras HC

While reversing the acquittal of a man charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, the Madras High Court recently held that the defence of subsequent marriage between the victim and the accused does not take away the offence committed by the accused while the victim was a child. Justice P Velmurugan observed that the offence under the POCSO Act was an offence...

Madras High Court Sets Aside Discharge of Tamil Nadu Minister I Periyasamy In Disproportionate Asset Case

The Madras High Court has set aside the discharge of Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I Periysamay in a disproportionate asset case. Justice P Velmurugan set aside the order passed by the Special Judge, Dindigul, discharging the Minister and his family. The court directed the special court to frame charges against the accused person and complete the trial within 6...

Madras High Court Sets Aside Discharge Of Tamil Nadu Minister MRK Paneerselvam In Two Disproportionate Asset Cases

The Madras High Court has set aside the discharge of Tamil Nadu Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister MRK Paneerlsevam in two disproportionate asset cases. Justice P Velmurugan set aside the order passed by the Special Judge, Cuddalore in 2016, discharging the Minister from the case filed by the Department of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption. The case was registered alleging that...