Madras High Court Archives

Madras High Court| Transgender persons seeking admissions to be placed in special category; Minimal number of Transgender persons in State not a valid excuse

Madras High Court directed the State to treat a transgender person seeking admission in Nursing College as a special candidate in light of Supreme Court’s 2014 NALSA verdict

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Madras High Court initiates suo motu writ petition to examine the mitigating circumstances resulting in commission of suicide inside the Court premises

Madras High Court: In the suicide case inside the premises of the Madras High Court, S.M. /Subramaniam, J. has observed that the

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Madras High Court | Courts will not interfere or set aside an arbitral award, merely because an alternative view is possible; Adopt a hands-off approach

Madras High Court: In an intra-Court appeal filed against the order of the single judge, whereby, the judge allowed the

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Madras High Court | Materials must be placed before the Court in order to extend the period of remand

Madras High Court: In a criminal appeal filed challenging the extension of the remand period from 90 days to 180

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Madras High Court directs State to pay compensation to the detenue who has been kept in illegal detention for 128 days

Madras High Court: In a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ

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“To turn a child against a parent is to turn a child against himself; Parental alienation is inhuman, and it is a menace to a child”, says Madras High Court

Madras High Court: In an application seeking the appointment of the applicant as a fit and proper person to be

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Madras High Court directs police authorities to prohibit obscene and vulgar dance performances during Dusshera festival

Madras High Court: In a writ petition filed for directing the respondents to obtain a declaration from the organisers of

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President appoints Justice T. Raja as the Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court

The President has appointed Shri Justice T.Raja, senior-most Judge of the Madras High Court, to perform the duties of the office of

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Madras High Court finds YouTuber Savukku guilty of criminal contempt; sentenced him to six months imprisonment for derogatory remarks on the higher Judiciary

Madras High Court: In a suo motu contempt petition against the YouTuber Savukku Shankar, the division bench of G.R. Swaminathan and B.

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We Dissent!: Here’s why 2 out of 5 judges ruled against Madras High Court’s original jurisdiction in child custody cases

Madras High Court: The five-judge bench of P.N. Prakash, N. Anand Venkatesh, R. Mahadevan, M. Sundar, A.A. Nakkiran, JJ. in a 3:2

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Madras High Court set aside conviction of the accused for possessing Heroin believing it to be tamarind and wheat flour; observes in some peculiar circumstances the knowledge of contraband cannot be attributed to the accused

Madras High Court: In an appeal filed under Section 374(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) r/w Section 36-B of Narcotic

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President appoints Justice M. Duraiswamy as the acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court w.e.f 13-09-2022

The President appoints Shri Justice M. Duraiswamy, senior-most Judge of the Madras High Court, to perform the duties of the office of

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Madras High Court’s 3:2 verdict upholds its original jurisdiction in child custody cases; holds Mary Thomas to be a good law

Madras High Court: In a case relating to the issue of concurrent jurisdiction of the High Court over matters of child custody

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Whether Enforcement Case Information Report can proceed while proceedings pursuant to FIR stayed by Court? Madras High Court refrains ED to proceed against Senthil Balaji

Madras High Court: In a case relating to a writ petition filed by Tamil Nadu electricity minister V. Senthil Balaji for issuance

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Madras High Court restrains media to publish or broadcast identities of the victims and witnesses of the ‘Pollachi sexual abuse case’

Madras High Court: In a case relating to a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for directing the media

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Madras High Court reduces sentence of Kattai Raja to imprisonment for life; Case does not fall under the ‘rarest of rare doctrine’

Madras High Court: In a case related to a reference made by the Additional District and Sessions Judge under S.

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Madras High Court | Teachers directing their students to study well is part and parcel of teaching and would not amount to abetment to suicide

Madras High Court: In a case related to allegation of murder and rape of a 12th standard school-girl, G.K.Ilanthiraiyan, J.

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Madras High Court grants bail to the accused in a case registered merely based on suspicion and confession statement

Madras High Court: In a case related to an appeal filed to set aside the judgment and enlarge the appellant

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Madras High Court| PT warrant can never be converted into regular warrant in a case where the accused person is already on bail; opportunity should be given to the accused to explain his non-appearance

Madras High Court: In a case related to an appeal filed for the cancellation of an order of dismissing the bail application

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Duty of the claimants to prove negligence under S.166 of the Motor Vehicles Act; Madras High Court set aside the award

Madras High Court: In an appeal filed against the ruling of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, granting compensation to the three deceased