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Madras High Court dismisses contempt proceedings against presiding officer of family Court; Imposes Rs. 50,000 costs on the petitioner

Madras High Court held that the contempt petition is not maintainable and barred by limitation. Thus, dismissed contempt proceedings against the presiding officer of Family Court as he was not the presiding officer when the order was passed.

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Scope of Agent’s Authority in Dealings with Third Parties: Revisiting the Debate Through the Tax Prism

by Tarun Jain†
Cite as: 2022 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 85

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Madras High Court imposes restrictions on the usage of cell phones by the priest, devotees, and public inside Arulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Tiruchendur

    Madras High Court: In a petition filed under Article 226 praying to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents

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Can caste-based reservation be given to an individual if one converts to another religion; Madras High Court explains considering instant facts

    Madras High Court: In a case filed by the petitioner- candidate seeking the reason for his non-selection as well as

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Accessible tourism is integral for equal participation of persons with disabilities; Madras High Court directs State to ensure easy accessibility of tourist places for physically challenged persons

    Madras High Court: In a case filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents to take necessary steps

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Madras High Court |Jurisdiction under Article 227 cannot be exercised as a measure of self-imposed restriction by-passing statutory remedies under D.V. Act

    Madras High Court: The full bench of P.N. Prakash, Teekaa Raman and A.D Jagadish Chandira, JJ. held that the jurisdiction

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The Tussle of Service Charges at Hotels and Restaurants: Pro or Anti Consumers

Ashok R. Patil*

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Madras High Court| Petition under Section 482 CrPC challenging a proceeding under Section 12 of the D.V. Act is not maintainable

Madras High Court: In 32 cases regarding domestic violence filed under Section 482 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), the full bench

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Madras High Court restrains several cable and internet service providers from broadcasting FIFA World Cup, 2022; Grants interim injunction in favour of Viacom 18

    Madras High Court: In an application filed by Viacom 18 praying for restraining several cable and internet service providers involved

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Madras High Court | Once UAPA charges quashed, accused cannot be denied bail on ground that criminal conspiracy under Section 120-B IPC attracts the offence punishable under the provisions of UAPA

    Madras High Court: In an appeal against the order passed by the Special Court rejecting the appellant’s bail, the division

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Madras High Court| Scope of Article 338 of the Constitution cannot be expanded for interfering with the routine administrative affairs of the employer, governed under the service rules

    Madras High Court: In a writ petition filed by Life Insurance Corporation of India (‘LIC’) against the order passed by

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Madras High Court set aside detention order passed by District Magistrate, due to undue and unexplained delay of 14 days in considering representation

    Madras High Court: In a habeas corpus petition filed calling for the records pertaining to the order of detention passed

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Madras High Court| School Teachers cannot be blamed for suicide committed by students, without sufficient evidence

Madras High Court: In a suicide case by a 17-year-old school boy, filed against the headmaster S.M. Subramaniam, J. has held that

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Sufficient material for framing charges against Senthil Balaji in cash-for-job scam; Madras High Court upholds trial court’s order

    Madras High Court: In a criminal revision petition filed by Tamil Nadu electricity minister V. Senthil Balaji to set aside

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Madras High Court issues directions for making High Court and City Civil Court premises plastic free zone

    Madras High Court: In a review application seeking compliance for disposal of plastic wastes and other items that are likely

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Central Information Commission directs All India Chess Federation to furnish its expenditure in case against Competition Commission of India

    Central Information Commission: In the second appeal filed by the appellant under Section 19 of the Right to Information Act,

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Madras High Court directs DRO to receive gold armour from the Bank for Thevar Jayanthi celebrations; restricts AIADMK from interfering in the process

    Madras High Court: In a petition filed by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (‘AIADMK party’) praying to pass an

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Madras High Court temporarily restrains ‘Mobile Pe’ from offering UPI and BHIM services following ‘PhonePe’s’ Trade mark infringement suit

Madras High Court: In a Trade mark dispute between digital payments applications “Phone Pe” and “Mobile Pe”, M. Sundar, J has temporarily

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Madras High Court |Duty of the law enforcing agencies to be more vigilant in curbing the social media menace and maintain the social decorum and harmony in society

The citizens, through the various social media platforms cause havoc to the nation and degrade the credibility and respect which the other countries around the globe have on Mother India

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Absence of application to condone delay barred by limitation; Madras High Court quashes FIR against self-styled Godman Shiva Sankar Baba

    Madras High Court: In a criminal original petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for