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The Madras High Court dismissed the Enforcement Directorate's petition to transfer a nearly-finished disproportionate assets trial to the Madurai PMLA court, holding the application was premature because the Special Court had not yet taken cognizance.
Justice M. Nirmal Kumar held that pulling a minor's hand after a whistle amounts to harassment, not sexual assault, and suspended the three-year sentence pending appeal.
The Madras High Court's Madurai Bench directed the Cyber Crime Police Station, Madurai, to expeditiously investigate a complaint about morphed videos targeting Naam Tamilar Katchi chief Senthamilan Seeman and to secure all electronic evidence immediately.
A three-judge Full Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that community certificate verification is permissible after retirement, before 1995 appointments, and must continue even when initiated pre-retirement.
Reducing an insurer's liability from Rs 39.89 lakh to Rs 27.29 lakh on the bachelor-deduction question, a Madras High Court Division Bench seized the occasion to lay down binding direct-bank-transfer directions for all MACTs in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Justice M. Dhandapani holds that the High Court cannot shield information about its Party-in-Person Committee and Administrative Committee under Section 8 exemptions, distinguishing an earlier Division Bench ruling on vigilance records.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan granted bail to sitting MLA G.V. Markandayan, arrested for alleged criminal threats against the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in a public meeting speech at Kovilpatti.
The Madurai Bench confirms conviction of two men who killed a VAO inside his own office after he repeatedly reported their illegal mining activities to the police.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy acted on a quashing petition to flag an institutional concern: nearly 30–40 criminal matters involving practising advocates reach the court every working day.
The Madurai Bench held that saddling a Bar Association with Rs.22 lakh in electricity dues for a service connection shared with government offices was arbitrary and unsustainable.
The Madras High Court quashed charges filed against two advocates who protested toll collection on the Trichy-Chennai highway, holding their conduct amounted to lawful democratic expression.
Nine years after an FIR was lodged, Madras HC holds that a speech ending in a call for unity cannot amount to communal incitement under IPC or UAPA.
Justice L. Victoria Gowri directed the Inspector and Sub Inspector of AWPS Alangulam to pay compensation for closing a dowry complaint and facilitating a private settlement instead of registering an FIR.
Justice C. Kumarappan granted anticipatory bail in the Jananayagan piracy case, finding only that the petitioner had viewed the illegally released film, with no serious overt act attributed to him.
The Madras High Court's Madurai Bench refused to quash proceedings against granite quarry operators and their family members accused of large-scale illegal mining and money laundering.
The Madras High Court dismissed an intra-court appeal by two LL.B students expelled by VISTAS after an FIR was lodged against them for kidnapping a fellow student and demanding ransom.
Justice R. Vijayakumar held that a handwritten arrest memo signed by four accused and attested by witnesses satisfied BNSS requirements; phone and SMS intimation to relatives was equally valid.
A Division Bench dismissed batch writ petitions from temporary Steno-Typists, Typists, and Junior Assistants in Tamil Nadu's District Judiciary, holding that Rule 16(e)(i) temporary appointments confer no right to regularisation.
A Division Bench formally closes a writ petition over misrouted Tirupattur postal votes, acting on the Supreme Court's order in SLP No.17415 of 2026.
A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Dharmadhikari holds that disputed professional fee claims against a public-sector bank must go before a civil court, not a writ court.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy found no prima facie case on the FIR record, citing absent witnesses, no criminal force alleged, and an unconditional apology filed by the engineering student.
A Division Bench held that a Medical Officer's Certificate of Drunkenness suffices for departmental proof; blood and urine tests are not mandatory in disciplinary proceedings.
A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari refused to transfer Crime No.0205/2026 to the CBI, holding that newspaper reports and social media clips cannot justify an extraordinary transfer.
A Division Bench at Madras HC's Madurai Bench holds that residents of one local body cannot demand cremation rights in a cremation ground vested in a different panchayat, absent a fundamental or customary right.
