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Justice Shamim Ahmed sets aside an order of the Judicial Magistrate II, Chengalpattu and remands the matter with a direction to order registration of an FIR and a proper investigation, to be completed within eight weeks.
Justice A. D. Maria Clete makes an interim injunction absolute till disposal of the suit, refuses to carve snacks and namkeens out of it, and confines the passing-off limb to blended spices on the defendant's own undertaking.
Justice G. Arul Murugan dismisses the appeal of a man convicted of sexually assaulting a ten-year-old child at the school he ran, and holds that locking the room established wrongful confinement under Section 342 of the Penal Code.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy holds a writ petition neither maintainable nor entertainable, and points the parties to the Section 92 suit already pending over the same Constitution.
Justice P.B. Balaji holds that whether the allegations are substantiated cannot be decided before evidence, and that the Court cannot reach satisfaction on corrupt practice without a trial.
Justices G. Jayachandran and E. Manoharan dismiss a trust's challenge to surplus-land proceedings begun in 1984, holding a choultry that feeds people is charitable, not religious.
He complained to the police repeatedly and got nothing but reference numbers. The Madras High Court upholds the order sending him back to them with a court behind it.
The Revenue said a stay of assessment extends limitation, and then TOLA extends it again. The Chief Justice's Bench has held the order of those two steps decides the case, and that taken in the right order the Taxation and Other Laws Act was never available at all.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan rejected the petition at the threshold, finding no material facts pleaded to show how the alleged notary defect affected the election result.
The Madras High Court set aside conviction of a bus driver for causing death by negligence, holding that high speed without independent proof of rashness cannot sustain charges under Sections 279 and 304-A IPC.
Madras High Court holds that Section 82 BNS targets the bigamous spouse, not a second wife who lacked knowledge of the first marriage, and grants anticipatory bail to Accused No. 2.
Madras High Court quashes criminal proceedings against a neighbour accused of pelting stone at a dog, holding police registered the FIR for a non-cognizable offence without the court's prior permission as required by BNSS.
Dismissing revision petitions filed by four accused in a 2016 Coimbatore murder case, a Madras HC Division Bench issued binding guidelines on how Special Courts must exercise discretion under Section 44 of the UAPA.
The Madras High Court quashed an FIR and trial-court proceedings against 14 petitioners booked for raising pro-Palestine slogans, holding the allegations disclosed no offence under BNS.
The Madurai Bench dismissed a writ petition by a Tamil Nadu judicial ministerial employee who argued that a later conversion of her charge memo should relate back to erase an earlier promotion bar.
The Madurai Bench declined to confirm a death sentence awarded under the POCSO Act, finding tutored testimony, unexplained delay, absent medical corroboration, and a fundamentally flawed trial process.
The Madurai Bench held that a field inspection report showing peaceful coexistence for 25 years, and no local objection, left no ground to quash the District Collector's permission for reconstruction.
The Madurai Bench declined to interfere with a 2020 Union notification stopping caste-wise enumeration beyond SC/ST, holding that census policy is for government, not courts.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy allowed 28 writ petitions, holding that children born and raised in Puducherry in the mother's community are entitled to SC, MBC, or OBC origin certificates.
The Division Bench found prima facie material linking the appellant to a terror conspiracy via car supply and a pre-blast meeting, while separately directing formation of two exclusive UAPA courts in Tamil Nadu.
Madras High Court holds that a domestic violence complaint under the PWDVA does not amount to a criminal proceeding justifying passport revocation, quashing the Regional Passport Office's order.
The Madurai Bench rules that a 1982 interim order has long ceased to operate, bars the Executive Officer of Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Temple from holding the Fit Person role, and limits the officer's powers strictly to property administration.
Justice B. Pugalendhi has called for a government report on why Vice-Chancellor posts remain unfilled across nearly 14 Tamil Nadu universities, even as a quo warranto petition targets MKU's in-charge Registrar.
The Madurai Bench held that a student association's peaceful protest outside a conference hall did not constitute an offence, quashing the FIR against all eight accused.
