“Contumacious”: Madras High Court On DVAC's Failure To Obtain Sanction For Prosecuting IAS Officers In Tender Irregularities Case

The Madras High Court, on Monday, criticised the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption for the delay on its part to obtain sanction from the Union Government to prosecute two IAS officers in connection with a case over alleged irregularities in awarding contracts by the Greater Chennai Corporation and the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation when former Minister SP Velumani was handling the department. Justice Anand Venkatesh remarked that the court intended to show more seriousness...

Madras High Court Sends Judicial Officer To Training For Convicting POCSO Accused Based On Victim's Statement U/S 164 CrPC

The Madras High Court has asked a Judicial Officer to be sent to the State Judicial Academy to attend training programs to understand the fundamentals of criminal law. The bench of Justice AD Jagadish Chandira and Justice R Poornima gave directions to the registry after noting that the judge, who was presiding over the Special Court for POCSO cases, had found a man guilty based on the victim's statement under Section 164 of the CrPC. “We are of the opinion that the learned trial...

Visitation Right Of Parents Should Not Affect Development Child: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has stressed that while deciding the visitation rights of the parents, it should be noted that the child's schooling and the child's physical, moral and emotional development should not be affected. Justice M Jothiraman reiterated that while dealing with cases pertaining to visitation rights, the court's paramount consideration should be the welfare of the child. The court added that though the parents had a visitation right, it should not disrupt the child's...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 6 to October 12, 2025

A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 336 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 350 NOMINAL INDEX M/s. Ravi Mohan Studios Pvt Ltd. v. M/s Indo Bevs Pvt Ltd, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 336 MC Sivakami v. The District Collector and Others, 2025 Livelaw (Mad) 337 K Prithika Yashini (Transgender) v. Union of India and Others, 2025 Livelaw...

Madras High Court Quarterly Digest: July - September 2025

CITATIONS: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 223 to 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 329 NOMINAL INDEX ML Ravi v. Director General of Police and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 223 P Kishore v. The Secretary to Government and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 224 M/s. Adyar Gate Hotel Ltd. v. The Commissioner of Customs, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 225 M/s Media Monks Multimedia v. Pachala Murali Krishna, 2025 LiveLaw...

Madras High Court Asks Judicial Academy To Provide Special Training To Judicial Officers Over Non-Compliance With S.35 POCSO Act

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy to conduct a special training session for judges presiding over the special courts dealing with offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The bench of Justice CV Karthikeyan and Justice R Vijayakumar made the request after noting that many special courts were not complying with the...

Moral Policing Women Violative Of Article 21, Contributes To Social Ostracisation And Even Suicide: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently highlighted that women, especially in rural areas, are often the worst victims of moral policing and such moral policing infringes their fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Constitution. Justice L. Victorial Gowri added that the courts could not be oblivious to the dangers of moral policing, as these practices often lead to social...

Thiruparakundram Hill Row | After Split Verdict, Third Madras High Court Judge Rules Against Animal Sacrifice At Dargah

The third judge of the Madras High Court, appointed to resolve the split verdict in connection with pleas against animal sacrifice at the Thiruparakundram Hills, on Friday, ruled against allowing such practice at the hills. While Justice Nisha Banu had refused to interfere with the practice of animal sacrifice, Justice S Srimathy had taken a different view and said that the Dargah...

Disciplinary Action To Be Taken Against Officers Who Grant Sanction For Constructing Public Buildings On Water Bodies: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has directed the State Government to issue directions/circulars stating that appropriate disciplinary action against any officer who grants sanction for constructing public buildings/institutions on water bodies. The court said that action should be taken to recover the monetary loss that is caused to the State exchequer through such...

Madras High Court Directs State To Constitute TN Heritage Commission Within 4 Weeks, Restrains Construction In Tiruvannamalai Temple

The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to constitute a Tamil Nadu Heritage Commission, as per the Tamil Nadu Heritage Commission Act, within four weeks. “In that view of the matter, there shall be a direction to the State of Tamil Nadu, that is the Secretary to the Government, Tourism, Culture and Endowments Department, that is the first respondent herein, to...

Armstrong Murder Case | Madras High Court Orders Postmortem Of Prime Accused Who Died In Custody, Directs Forensic Exam Of Visceral Samples

The Madras High Court, on Friday, has ordered a postmortem of Nagendran, the prime accused in the murder of Bahujan Samaj Party leader Armstrong. Nagendran had died on 9th October, 2025, while under police custody.Since Nagendran's family had raised allegations of poisoning by the police, Justice Satish Kumar has also ordered five visceral samples to be collected and sent to the...

TVK's Aadhav Arjuna Approaches Madras High Court For Quashing FIR Over Social Media Post

The General Secretary of Election Campaign Movement of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party, Aadhav Arjuna, has approached the Madras High Court seeking to quash an FIR filed against him for allegedly inciting violence. It may be noted that the FIR was filed against Arjuna on September 30, 2025, for alleged offences under Sections 192 [wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot]...