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The Madurai Bench held that a writ of mandamus cannot substitute execution proceedings in a maintenance dispute between spouses, and dismissed the petition as not maintainable.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court held that oral arguments by the defence are a facet of fair trial under Article 21, and a trial court must appoint an amicus if counsel fails to argue.
A Division Bench held that withholding election documents until the limitation period for an election petition expires would render the statutory right to approach the court illusory.
The Madras High Court set aside the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board's appointment of a Mutawalli for a Triplicane Dargah, holding that no jurisdiction arises without a statutory survey and gazette notification under the Waqf Act.
Sun TV Network's appeal against a defamation decree in favour of actress R. Sukanya has been dismissed, with the High Court holding that the channel's contractual right to edit the interview fixed its liability.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court directed the State not to proceed against Rajya Sabha MP I.S. Inbadurai and others until 23 June 2026, invoking an oral undertaking given by the then Advocate General.
An accused facing trial under Sections 494 and 498A IPC, who was deported after a Blue Corner Notice, sought permission to resume work in Libya; the Madras High Court dismissed the revision.
The Madurai Bench held that canvassing near a polling booth, without violence, criminal force or specific obscene words, cannot sustain charges of rioting, obstruction of public servant or criminal intimidation.
The Madurai Bench modified a life sentence to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment in a POCSO case where the victim and her parents turned hostile, relying on DNA evidence and a Section 164 statement.
The Madurai Bench held that a dismissed corporation employee who exposed fake ticket records and misappropriation of diesel and salary funds qualifies as an aggrieved person under Article 226.
Dr. Justice G. Jayachandran allowed the election petition, voiding the return of I.S. Inbadurai and declaring M. Appavu the duly elected MLA for the 2016–2021 term after a decade of litigation.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court held that Section 435 CrPC cannot bar premature release once the sentence for the Central Act offence has been fully undergone.
Justice G. R. Swaminathan held that the Authorisation Committee erred by fixating on the parents' marital relationship instead of the only relevant question: whether the donor was the recipient's mother.
Justice L. Victoria Gowri decided four POCSO quashing petitions together, directing trauma-sensitive reforms, a Bar Council enrolment inquiry, and vocational rehabilitation for victims.
The Madurai Bench enhanced compensation for a JCB driver rendered permanently immobile after a second road accident struck the ambulance carrying him from the first crash site.
The Madurai Bench confirmed life imprisonment for a man who recorded and circulated a sexual assault, then intimidated the minor victim until she committed self-immolation, relying on her dying declaration.
Justice M. Nirmal Kumar quashed trial court proceedings against 15 petitioners charged under BNS for assembling without permission at a Vijayadasami and RSS centenary event in Ambur, finding no independent witnesses and no evidence of any prohibitory order.
The Madurai Bench upheld a divorce decree, holding that a wife's complaints to her Army husband's superiors and her admitted removal of the thali amounted to mental cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act.
The Madurai Bench set aside life sentences in a 2012 double murder, finding the investigating officer failed to examine vital witnesses and may not have visited the scene at all.
A Madras High Court Division Bench quashed the preventive detention of a property developer as a Goonda, holding that contractual fraud cannot disturb public order and censuring the detaining officer by name.
A Madras High Court Division Bench allowed a Coimbatore activist's writ petition, directing the State to prevent cow and calf slaughter on Bakrid, citing Article 48, Tamil Nadu law, and a Government Order banning cow slaughter.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court refused to ban the Tamil film 'Karuppu', holding that its portrayal of a corrupt fictional court attracts neither contempt law nor grounds for a ban after CBFC clearance.
