{"id":348884,"date":"2025-05-28T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T03:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=348884"},"modified":"2025-06-30T10:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:50:45","slug":"madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"Madras High Court sets aside suspension of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption in media"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Madras High Court:<\/span> In a writ petition filed against the suspension orders passed by District Manager (Incharge), Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (\u2018TASMAC\u2019), the Single Judge Bench of B. Pugalendhi, J. held that the petitioners had violated the employee conduct code by appearing before the media and criticising the organisation. However, it also found indications of systemic issues within TASMAC and expressed concern that the corruption complaints were not adequately investigated. Accordingly, the Court set aside the suspension orders but granted liberty to TASMAC management to initiate proper disciplinary proceedings against the petitioners for violation of the conduct code.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h3>\n

The three petitioners, all Salesmen working in TASMAC shops, filed writ petitions challenging their suspension orders dated 22-08-2022. The suspension was issued after the petitioners gave interviews to Sathiyam TV and Thanthi TV on 06-08-2022, allegedly criticising TASMAC and revealing internal corruption. The employer claimed that such media appearances violated the TASMAC Employees\u2019 Conduct Code \u2014 2014, specifically Circular No.2 dated 21-01-2019.<\/p>\n

The petitioners alleged that the then District Manager of TASMAC (Madurai South), and a TASMAC Supervisor, were engaged in systemic corruption, including the collection of illegal monthly payments from TASMAC shops. The petitioners claimed they had made a formal complaint to the Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, along with a recorded conversation between them supporting their claims.<\/p>\n

Despite this, they contended that the authorities failed to act promptly or substantively on their complaint. An enquiry was eventually ordered only in April 2022, and the petitioners were called for a hearing in May 2022. Dissatisfied with the delay and lack of action, they took their grievances to the media in August 2022, which led to their suspension.<\/p>\n

Analysis and Decision<\/h3>\n

The Court said that the petitioners had indeed violated the employee conduct code by appearing in the media and speaking against the organisation. However, it also noted that the complaint against the District Manager appeared to have substance and was not addressed promptly or effectively. The supervisor had since been repatriated and retired from service, and the enquiry appeared to have been closed based on mere denial by him.<\/p>\n

The Court found that there was some indication of systemic issues within TASMAC and expressed concern that the corruption complaints were not properly investigated. It emphasised that TASMAC, being a state-run entity, should maintain the highest standards of integrity.<\/p>\n

Considering that the petitioners\u2019 suspension had been under interim stay and they were actively working for the past two years, the Court set aside their suspension orders, while granting liberty to the TASMAC management to initiate proper disciplinary proceedings for the violation of the conduct code.<\/p>\n

[K. Mayakannan v. Managing Director, TASMAC, 2025 SCC OnLine Mad 2759<\/a>, decided on 16-05-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n

\n

Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n

For Petitioner :<\/span> Mr.B.Brijesh Kishore<\/p>\n

For Respondents<\/span> : Mr.H.Arumugam<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The available materials show that there is something wrong in the department. TASMAC is run by the government in order to prevent casualties on account of illicit arrack and it should not allow any corruption in the department. The department has to realise its mistake.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67512,"featured_media":314802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[71658,82594,2567,82595,82596,82593],"class_list":["post-348884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-employee-rights","tag-internal-corruption","tag-Madras_High_Court","tag-media-exposure","tag-suspension-quashed","tag-tasmac-employees-suspension"],"yoast_head":"\nMadras High Court Sets Aside Suspension of TASMAC Employees Exposing Corruption in Media | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Madras High Court quashed suspension orders of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption through media interviews, allowing them to resume work.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Madras High Court sets aside suspension of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption in media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Madras High Court quashed suspension orders of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption through media interviews, allowing them to resume work.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-28T03:30:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-30T04:50:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"591\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Apoorva\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Madras High Court sets aside suspension of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption in media\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Apoorva\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/\",\"name\":\"Madras High Court Sets Aside Suspension of TASMAC Employees Exposing Corruption in Media | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-28T03:30:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-30T04:50:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/288d814d0864b57168e08daa1940a1c9\"},\"description\":\"Madras High Court quashed suspension orders of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption through media interviews, allowing them to resume work.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp\",\"width\":887,\"height\":591,\"caption\":\"Madras High Court\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Madras High Court sets aside suspension of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption in media\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/288d814d0864b57168e08daa1940a1c9\",\"name\":\"Apoorva\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/549edb3ed2c7046a0c504583cf71db32c50251c1260a6331b2cc2973e80b0e91?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/549edb3ed2c7046a0c504583cf71db32c50251c1260a6331b2cc2973e80b0e91?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Apoorva\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc-editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Madras High Court Sets Aside Suspension of TASMAC Employees Exposing Corruption in Media | SCC Times","description":"Madras High Court quashed suspension orders of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption through media interviews, allowing them to resume work.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Madras High Court sets aside suspension of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption in media","og_description":"Madras High Court quashed suspension orders of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption through media interviews, allowing them to resume work.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2025-05-28T03:30:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-30T04:50:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":887,"height":591,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Apoorva","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Madras High Court sets aside suspension of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption in media","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Apoorva","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/","name":"Madras High Court Sets Aside Suspension of TASMAC Employees Exposing Corruption in Media | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp","datePublished":"2025-05-28T03:30:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-30T04:50:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/288d814d0864b57168e08daa1940a1c9"},"description":"Madras High Court quashed suspension orders of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption through media interviews, allowing them to resume work.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp","width":887,"height":591,"caption":"Madras High Court"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/madras-high-court-sets-aside-suspension-tasmac-employees-corruption-exposure\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Madras High Court sets aside suspension of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption in media"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/288d814d0864b57168e08daa1940a1c9","name":"Apoorva","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/549edb3ed2c7046a0c504583cf71db32c50251c1260a6331b2cc2973e80b0e91?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/549edb3ed2c7046a0c504583cf71db32c50251c1260a6331b2cc2973e80b0e91?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Apoorva"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc-editor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":229422,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/13\/covid-19-madras-hc-constitutes-full-bench-to-hear-cases-relating-tasmac-liquor-shops-in-tamil-nadu\/","url_meta":{"origin":348884,"position":0},"title":"[COVID-19] Madras HC constitutes Full Bench to hear cases relating TASMAC\/Liquor Shops in Tamil Nadu","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"May 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Full Bench consisting of The Chief Justice, Dr. Justice Vineet Kothari and Justice P.N. Prakash is constituted in the Principal Seat at Madras to hear the cases relating to TASMAC Shops in the State of Tamil Nadu filed and pending in the Principal Seat at Madras and Madurai Bench through\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hot Off The Press"","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":229261,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/09\/madras-hc-tasmac-directed-for-closure-of-all-liquor-shops-due-to-breach-of-guidelines-and-restrictions-imposed-amid-covid-19-lockdown-state-tasmac-may-resort-to-home-delivery-of-liquor\/","url_meta":{"origin":348884,"position":1},"title":"Madras HC | TASMAC directed for closure of all liquor shops due to breach of guidelines imposed amid COVID-19 lockdown; State & TASMAC may resort to home delivery of liquor","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"May 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Madras High Court: A Division bench of Dr Vineet Kothari and Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JJ., directed for closure of all TASMAC with the direction that the same shall not be opened till the continuation of lockdown. On 6th May, 2020 Court had passed an order with certain restrictions and conditions to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":229180,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/07\/madras-hc-payment-for-purchase-of-liquor-should-be-made-through-approved-e-payment-applications-purchase-of-liquor-allowed-twice-in-a-week-read-directions\/","url_meta":{"origin":348884,"position":2},"title":"Madras HC | Payment for purchase of liquor should be made through approved E-payment applications; Purchase of liquor allowed twice in a week [Read Directions]","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"May 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Madras High Court:\u00a0A Division Bench of Dr Vineet Kothari and Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JJ., while addressing a petition laid down certain directions with regard to re-opening of liquor shops in the State and also stated that it cannot interfere with in the prohibition of re-opening of the same as prayed by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":229371,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/12\/madras-hc-liquor-shops-that-were-opened-in-neighbouring-kerala-and-far-off-mumbai-were-closed-down-by-those-governments-to-save-human-lives-but-alas-this-state-failed-to-learn-any-lesson\/","url_meta":{"origin":348884,"position":3},"title":"Madras HC | Liquor shops that were opened in neighbouring Kerala & far off Mumbai were closed down by those Governments to save human lives, but, alas, this State failed to learn any lesson!","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"May 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"They that sleep resemble the dead; likewise, they that drink are no other than poison eaters. Couplet 926 of Chapter 93 titled \u201cnot drinking palm wine\u201d Madras High Court:\u00a0A Division Bench of P.N. Prakash and B. Pugalendhi, JJ. addressed a petition with regard the legality and validity of decision of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137731,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/06\/21\/directives-issued-for-establishmentrelocation-of-liquor-shops-in-tamil-nadu\/","url_meta":{"origin":348884,"position":4},"title":"Directives issued for establishment\/relocation of liquor shops in Tamil Nadu","author":"Saba","date":"June 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Madras High Court: In a case regarding the establishment and relocation of the TASMAC liquor shops, a Division Bench of the Court comprising K. Kalyanasundram and S.M. Subramaniam, JJ. issued guidelines to be kept in mind by the State while establishing or relocating the TASMAC shops. The petitioner contended that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":326167,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/10\/madras-high-court-requests-state-government-re-visit-liquor-policy-welfare-of-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":348884,"position":5},"title":"\u2018Present Liquor Rules appears to protect TASMAC shops and Bars\u2019; Madras HC requests State Government to re-visit their liquor policy for the welfare of people","author":"Apoorva","date":"July 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cWe come across many such cases where people in the locality oppose the move of the authorities to locate the TASMAC shop or IMFL shop or license for selling such IMFL and in respect of those objections given by the public, especially the women folk, the answer given by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Madras High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}