Madras High Court

Madras HC allows AIADMK GS polls, directs not to declare the outcome

The Madras High Court on Sunday allowed the conduct of the long-awaited election to the AIADMK's general secretary post as scheduled on March 26. However, the court said the results shall not be declared as it will take up on March 22 the hearing of a plea by the O Pannneerselvam camp against the party's July 11, 2022 General Council decisions, that among others expelled them. The high court heard a plea by Pannnerselvam's (OPS) aides on Sunday against the election to the powerful General Secretary post, scheduled to be held on March 26. Panneerselvam camp counsel Paul Manoj Pandian, also an aide of the deposed leader, told reporters that their original petition against the July 11, 2022 general council decisions, would be taken up by the court on Wednesday. The court said it would completely go through their plea and directed that till then the election result not be declared, he told reporters. The OPS camp had moved the court against the GS elections announced by the Edappadi K

Madras HC delays AIADMK general secretary election results till March 22

The Madras High Court on Sunday said that the election results for the general secretary post of the AIADMK should not be announced till March 22

AIADMK General council meet: EPS files counter affidavit in Madras HC

Pandian in the petition before the court wanted an injunction against the functioning of EPS as the interim general secretary of the party

NEET UG: Fate of this top scorer hanging by the thread for flouting norms

Najih Sarfraz Khalid's 99.3 percentile NEET scores meant he could get admission in any top university, which he did, when he got himself into a prestigious medical college in Puducherry. It was all right till another student, Saminathan S, found a glitch in his application and approached authorities. Khalid was found to have claimed residency in two states Kerala and Puducherry a fact which as per Union Territory admission norms rendered his admission liable to be cancelled. When the authorities did not pay heed to Saminathan's complaint, he approached the Madras High Court. A single judge bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday asked the Puducherry government and the Union Health Ministry to take an "appropriate decision" on his admission. As of now, Khalid's fate at college still hangs in balance. Citing the reason for reverting the matter back to the admission authorities, Justice CV Karthikeyan, the presiding judge, said in the judgment, "They had offered him a seat. Now they

SC allows Palaniswami to continue as AIADMK interim general secretary

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Madras High Court order allowing K Palaniswami to continue as interim general secretary of the AIADMK, establishing his position as the single, supreme leader of the party. A bench of Justices Dinesh Maheswari and Hrishikesh Roy, which had reserved judgement on the matter on January 12, dismissed the petitions filed by O Panneerselvam. We have upheld the order of the Division Bench of the High Court dated September 2, 2022 and made our earlier interim order permanent. "We have not dealt with the matter of resolutions before the party that were being heard by the single judge. We leave it open for the said resolutions to be dealt with in accordance in law, the bench said. The judgement came on batch of pleas concerning amendments made to party bylaws during the July 11, 2022 general council meeting, which elected Palaniswami, or EPS as he is known, as its single leader while expelling his rival Panneerselvam and some of his aides. The division

Redact name of sexual assault victim from order: SC tells Madras HC

The Supreme Court has directed the Madras High Court to redact the name of a sexual assault victim from its order. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Rajesh Bindal took exception over the order of the Madras High Court disclosing the name of the victim in its order. "We find that in the impugned judgement, the High Court incorporated the name of the victim not once but many times. We direct the High Court to redact the name and then upload the order," the bench said. The top court was hearing a plea filed by the victim alleging that the HC erred in quashing the case against the accused at the outset on the ground that she was in a relationship with the accused for more than four years. The plea said the high court failed to appreciate that there ought to have been an opportunity for the investigating authorities to collect ample evidence and materials in support of the commission of the offence. The apex court had in 2018 held that name and identity of victims of rape and sexual

Gowri sworn in as Madras HC judge, SC dismisses plea against appointment

Apex court bench says court can only decide the question of Gowri's eligibility, not her suitability

SC dismisses plea against Victoria Gowri's appointment as Madras HC judge

A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai said that it could not presume that the Collegium was not aware of Gowri's political background or the articles that later surfaced

Gowri to take oath as Madras HC judge, SC to hear plea against her today

Advocate Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri, whose appointment has been challenged in the Supreme Court, will take oath as a judge of the Madras High Court at 10.35 a.m. on Tuesday

Collegium has taken cognizance, says SC on plea against Gowri's appointment

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to fix hearing on Tuesday a plea against the appointment of Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri as a judge of the Madras High Court

Madras HC upholds Singapore arbitration award against Shriram Group firm

Court permits enforcement of award of about Rs 195 crore plus interest

ED attaches assets worth over Rs 205 cr of Chennai-based firm in PMLA case

The ED on Monday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 205 crore of a Chennai-based chemicals manufacturing company and its promoters, days after the Madras High Court refused to entertain the firm's plea against the action initiated by the federal probe agency. The agency issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach the properties of MGM Maran, MGM Anand and their company Southern Agrifurane Industries Private Limited, it said in a statement. The total worth of the attached assets is Rs 205.36 crore. The probe against Maran, a former chairman of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited (TMBL) during 2007, was initially launched by the Chennai Police's central crime branch following which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a criminal case under sections of the PMLA. The police case was lodged on the basis of of a complaint from a private bank. Maran, along with other directors and officials of the TMBL, "facilitated a deal for t

Madras High Court rejects plea against linking Aadhaar and electricity code

The first bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea from an advocate seeking to quash a Government Order (GO) passed in October this year, which mandated seeding of Aadhaar with the electricity consumer code. There is no merit in the petition, the bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy said. The bench was dismissing the petition from M L Ravi, also founder-president of Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi who challenged the GO dated October 6 of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO).

HC suggests Tamil Nadu govt to consider conducting TNMC election online

The Madras High Court has suggested to the State government to conduct elections to the Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) through online/ e-voting. Justice R Subramanian gave the suggestion while disposing two writ petitions from Dr S Syed Thahir Hussain of Madurai and another, today Earlier in the first week of this month, the judge had directed the government to postpone the elections to the Council by three months. This interim order passed on December 6 was based on the submission by Advocate-General R Shamugasundaram that the Tamil Nadu Medical Registration Act governing the elections and other issues will be thoroughly revised in three months. Recording the submission, the judge had directed the government to revisit the 1914 Act within three months and to conduct the elections thereafter. The petitions sought to quash the notification dated October 19, 2022, which notified elections to the TNMC Election and prayed for a direction to the State Chief Secretary and the Health

Madras HC refuses to interfere with ED proceedings against agrifurane firm

A division bench of the Madras High Court has refused to interfere with the proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) HERE against an agrifurane company here. The bench of Justices P N Prakash and N Anand Venkatesh upheld the proceedings on Monday while dismissing a writ petition from Southern Agrifurane Industries Private Limited, by its director Joseph Anand Muthu alias MGM Anand in Mylapore. The petition sought to restrain the ED from proceeding further in the case registered under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the agency. Petitioner contended that the registration of the case was without jurisdiction since the allegation of contravention of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) does not fall within the schedule to PML Act. Following a complaint from a private bank, a case under the FEMA was registered against the petitioner company on the allegation that it had sent foreign exchange abroad in violation of FEMA Rules and ...

Madras HC rejects plea to order CBI probe into Jayalalithaa's death

: The Madras High Court on Thursday held that the PIL petition seeking CBI probe into the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death at a corporate hospital here in 2016, is not maintainable. The first bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice D Krishnakumar, before which the petition from social and spiritual activist R R Gopaljee came up for hearing today, dismissed the petition after directing him to exhaust the remedy of making representations to the CBI and other connected agencies. According to petitioner, Justice Arumugasamy Inquiry Commission in its report submitted to the Tamil Nadu government on August 23 this year, had raised various questions of pertinence while finding certain persons to be involved in conspiracy, fault, lapse, criminality and ordered investigation to bring out the truth regarding the unfortunate demise of the former Chief Minister. Amongst others, it had categorically stated that the whole line of treatment was shrouded in secrecy and there was

15 new judicial and technical members appointed for NCLT benches

The tribunal has a total sanctioned strength of 63 members and 28 benches

Madras HC to declare court premises plastic-free on November 10

The five yellow cloth vending machines will be positioned at five locations in the court premises

World slips on deforestation, loses cover equal to Ireland's area in 2021

Global gross deforestation amounted to 6.8 million hectares in 2021 with 3.9 giga-tonnes of CO2 equivalent of associated GHG emissions

Madras HC orders status quo against digital payment app MobilePe

The Madras High Court has ordered maintenance of status quo against digital payment app MobilePe and its group companies in the matter of offering unified payments interface (UPI) and Bharat interface for money (BHIM) services. Justice M Sundar granted the injunction while passing interim orders on an application arising out of a civil suit from PhonePe on October 19. In its suit, PhonePe contended that the defendant companies had infringed upon its trademark. The judge found the logos of the plaintiff company PhonePe and the defendant companies (MobilePe) were similar. The plaintiff company made out a prima facie case of possible deception, the judge said and passed the interim order and issued notice to the defendant companies returnable by November 2.