The Latest Breaking News from Madras High Court

Supreme Court seeks ED’s response to Senthilbalaji’s plea against its power to take him into custody

The Supreme Court issued notice in a petition by Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji challenging Enforcement Directorate‘s (ED) power to take him into custody for interrogation in money laundering charges linked to the cash-for-jobs scam

The Hindu · Jul 21, 2023

Bodies must be buried only in designated places even in village panchayats, rules Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Thursday delivered an authoritative pronouncement that dead bodies cannot be buried at will in any place in village panchayats and such burial can take place only in places designated under the Tamil Nadu Village Panchayat (Provision of Burial and Burning Grounds) Rules, 1999.

The Hindu · Jul 20, 2023

HR&CE Department agrees to lease out six acres of temple land for expansion of Madurai Bench of Madras High Court

HR&CE agrees to lease 6 acres of Kothanda Ramaswamy Temple land to Madurai Bench of Madras High Court. AG to coordinate with govt. to ensure lease amount paid & steps taken for acquisition of land. Judges want temple to use lease amount wisely.

The Hindu · Jul 20, 2023

HC refuses to quash criminal complaint lodged by Income Tax Department against DMK MP D.M. Kathir Anand

The Madras High Court has refused to quash a criminal complaint lodged by the Income Tax department against DMK MP D.M. Kathir Anand before a Judicial Magistrate in Vellore in 2016 for having allegedly not filed his returns for the assessment year 2013-14 and the consequent charge of evasion of…

The Hindu · Jul 11, 2023

Senthilbalaji case: PMLA requires ED to possess materials, indicating ‘guilt’, before resorting to arrest, argues Kapil Sibal

ED cannot be treated as an investigating agency empowered to unearth the truth through custodial interrogation, senior counsel Kapil Sibal argued before the Madras High Court

The Hindu · Jul 11, 2023

Fake news on TN migrant attacks: Dainik Bhaskar publishes apology – in English

Last week, the Madras High Court told Dainik Bhaskar to issue a corrigendum on the first page of its publications for publishing “fake news” on purported attacks on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu.

Newslaundry · Jul 11, 2023

HC directs Centre to spell out availability of CAMPA funds to relocate Thengumarahada inhabitants

The Madras High Court on Monday granted time till Thursday for the Centre to disclose the money available under the national fund of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA)

The Hindu · Jul 10, 2023

Madras High Court to examine and quash criminal cases against minor boys for consensual relationships with minor girls

The Madras High Court has decided to embark on an exercise of quashing, en masse, all criminal cases registered against minor boys for having consensual relationships with, or having eloped with minor girls, if it finds that these cases are against the interest and future of the children involved, besides…

The Hindu · Jul 10, 2023

Madras High Court quashes complaint against Dhanush, Aishwarya Rajinikanth for smoking scenes in Velai Illa Pattadhari movie

The Madras High Court on Monday quashed a complaint lodged by a government official in 2022, against actor Dhanush, director-producer Aishwarya Rajinikanth and a few others, for having allegedly violated the law with respect to certain smoking scenes in the 2014 movie Velai Illa Pattadhari (VIP).

The Hindu · Jul 10, 2023

T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji’s arrest | Third judge frames three questions to be answered by Minister after hearing arguments on July 11 & 12

Justice C.V. Karthikeyan, the third judge named by Madras High Court Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala to hear a habeas corpus petition related to arrested Minister V. Senthilbalaji following a split verdict delivered by two judges of a Division Bench, on Friday framed three crucial questions to be answered by him…

The Hindu · Jul 7, 2023