Supreme Court Pulls Up Tamil Nadu for repeatedly seeking adjournments in a long-pending dispute over compensation for business and property losses caused by the 1996 communal riots in Thoothukudi, and has listed the matter again for Tuesday. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (October 26) expressed strong displeasure at the Tamil Nadu government’s conduct […]
The Madras High Court denies anticipatory bail to former Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi in a corruption case over private school recognition. The allegations are untested and the court’s detailed order is awaited. Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday, October 26, 2026, dismissed the anticipatory bail petition of DMK leader and […]
The direction to register a corruption case against DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Minister K N Nehru stays: the Madras High Court has dismissed Nehru’s review plea. The allegations are untested and the court has not ruled on their merits. Chennai: Declining to recall its own order, the Madras High Court on Monday, October […]
When may a writ court look behind a departmental inquiry? When a disciplinary finding rests on guesswork and no evidence stands behind it, the Supreme Court has held, and it can do so without re-weighing the record. New Delhi: A university Deputy Registrar whose removal a Madras High Court Division Bench had restored has won […]
Does a magistrate’s inquest close a police inquiry into an unnatural death? Not so, says the Karnataka High Court: an inquest report only aids probe, and the police must still file a final report before the jurisdictional Magistrate. Bengaluru: Rejecting the State’s stand that proceedings end once the Executive Magistrate’s inquest report is submitted, the […]
Reporting to the police every day and furnishing two sureties are the terms of the conditional bail the Madras High Court has granted to a man accused of using AI videos of CM Vijay to collect money from the public. Chennai: The investigation is complete, the chargesheet is ready and the phone allegedly used has […]
The Madras High Court has allowed termination of pregnancy beyond 24 weeks, holding that a mother has the right to decide whether to bring into the world a child who will not lead a normal life. Chennai: The Madras High Court has quashed a government women’s hospital’s refusal to approve the termination of a pregnancy […]
Extramarital Affair Not 498A Cruelty Unless Likely To Drive Wife To Suicide: the Madras High Court has held that a husband’s illicit relationship, though proved, is not by itself cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, and upheld the acquittal of a man in a wife’s suicide case. Chennai: The Madras High Court […]
Unclaimed compensation in motor accident and Labour Court cases now has a single window: the Madras High Court launches a digital dashboard for it, and the Registry has told all Principal District Judges to ensure that subordinate courts keep the entries current. Chennai: A dedicated digital dashboard launched by the Madras High Court lets anyone […]
