A Division Bench of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed a husband’s appeal against refusal of divorce on grounds of cruelty, holding that childlessness cannot be converted into a matrimonial fault of the wife and that marriage cannot be reduced to the sole object of procreation.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has quashed the CB-CID chargesheet against the sub-inspector couple accused in the 2025 murder of software engineer Kavin Selvaganesh, holding that tower location data and a years-old phone call did not disclose the offences alleged, including those under the SC/ST Act.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has dismissed a husband’s appeals against the refusal of divorce on grounds of cruelty and desertion and a decree of restitution of conjugal rights for his wife, holding that quarrels, family friction and separation do not amount to cruelty or desertion without proof of conduct of the required gravity.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has upheld the dismissal of a Grade-II Warden of the Central Prison, Madurai, holding that in the absence of a presenting officer the enquiry officer may put clarificatory questions to witnesses, and that the limited scope of judicial review did not warrant interference.
