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    Madras High Court: Husband’s Extramarital Affair Not 498A Cruelty Unless Likely To Drive Wife To Suicide

    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 […]

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    Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court upholds dismissal of a Grade-II Warden of Central Prison, Madurai, in departmental proceedings
    Justice B. Pugalendhi held that an enquiry officer may put clarificatory questions to witnesses when no presenting officer is appointed, and refused to interfere with the Warden's dismissal.
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    Madras High Court Launches Digital Dashboard To Track Unclaimed Motor Accident And Labour Court Compensation

    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 […]

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    Madras High Court building, illustrating the ruling on the VHP-Hindu Munnani idol-immersion scheduling dispute
    The Madras High Court declined to alter the police-allotted dates for Vinayagar idol-immersion processions, calling the VHP-Hindu Munnani contest a 'game of one-upmanship'.
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    Madras High Court Allows RSS Route Marches On October 25 And November 1, Faults Police

    The Madras High Court has allowed RSS route marches across Tamil Nadu on October 25 and November 1, criticising the police for repeating grounds already rejected in earlier proceedings.

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    Madras High Court building, illustrating the ruling refusing discharge in a former Minister's disproportionate assets case
    The Madras High Court refused to discharge a former Tamil Nadu Minister in a disproportionate assets case, holding no Section 19 sanction was needed to prosecute a public servant who had demitted office.
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    Madras High Court Permits Villagers To Protest Inside Crematorium Against Rice Mill Air Pollution

    Villagers who say a government rice mill has polluted their air for years may Protest Inside Crematorium grounds, the Madras High Court has ruled, setting aside the police order that had refused permission. Chennai: Residents of Sitharkadu village in Mayiladuthurai district may hold a sit-in inside the village crematorium from November 29, 2026 against alleged […]

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    Madras High Court building, illustrating the ruling on the VHP-Hindu Munnani idol-immersion scheduling dispute
    The Madras High Court declined to alter the police-allotted dates for Vinayagar idol-immersion processions, calling the VHP-Hindu Munnani contest a 'game of one-upmanship'.
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    Madras High Court Quashes FIR Against TVK MLA ECR Saravanan Over Unauthorised Banners

    If no public place was disfigured, can a banner case go to trial? The Madras High Court has answered no, quashing the FIR against TVK MLA ECR Saravanan over unauthorised banners. Chennai: Closing a case that began with banners put up without permission, the Madras High Court has set aside the FIR against TVK MLA […]

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    Madras High Court building, illustrating the ruling refusing discharge in a former Minister's disproportionate assets case
    The Madras High Court refused to discharge a former Tamil Nadu Minister in a disproportionate assets case, holding no Section 19 sanction was needed to prosecute a public servant who had demitted office.
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    Madras High Court Calls State’s Reasons Lame In RSS Route March Case, Seeks DGP’s Instructions

    In the RSS Route March Case, the Madras High Court said citizens’ rights cannot be surrendered to the whims and fancies of the police, called the State’s reasons lame, and sought the DGP’s instructions.

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    Supreme Court of India, which criticised the Uttar Pradesh police over an FIR against an unknown motorcycle rider caught on the spot and summoned the Khurja Circle Officer
    Supreme Court calls the UP police affidavit "utterly uninspiring" and directs the Circle Officer to appear and explain the FIR discrepancy
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    Supreme Court: Convert To Islam Cannot Claim Backward Class Muslim Status, Rejects Tamil Nadu Appeal

    Tamil Nadu’s 2024 Government Order extending Backward Class Muslim Status to converts from Hindu communities stays struck down: the Supreme Court has held that backwardness from before conversion cannot found such a claim, and dismissed the State’s appeal against the Madras High Court. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on October 15 dismissed the Tamil Nadu […]

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    Supreme Court: Tamil Nadu Defends Idol’s Existence In Venu Srinivasan Idol Theft FIR Quashing Challenge

    At the centre of the Venu Srinivasan idol theft FIR quashing appeals sits a factual dispute: Tamil Nadu told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that an antique peacock idol existed at Chennai’s Kapaleeswarar Temple before its alleged replacement. New Delhi: A batch of petitions against the Madras High Court’s February 2024 decision to quash the […]

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    Madras High Court, which held that the DVAC cannot claim a blanket exemption from the RTI Act in corruption matters
    Justice Hemant Chandangoudar upheld the State Information Commission\'s order directing the DVAC to disclose enquiry records to a retired DGP.
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    Madras High Court Faults Karur Court: Catholic Priest Property After Vows Belongs To Society, Not Heirs

    The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court held that Rs 56 lakh in fixed deposits built up by a Pallottine priest after taking religious vows belongs to his religious society, not to his brothers and niece, and set aside the succession certificate granted by the Karur District Court.

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