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The Madras High Court set aside conviction of a bus driver for causing death by negligence, holding that high speed without independent proof of rashness cannot sustain charges under Sections 279 and 304-A IPC.
Madras High Court holds that Section 82 BNS targets the bigamous spouse, not a second wife who lacked knowledge of the first marriage, and grants anticipatory bail to Accused No. 2.
Madras High Court quashes criminal proceedings against a neighbour accused of pelting stone at a dog, holding police registered the FIR for a non-cognizable offence without the court's prior permission as required by BNSS.
Dismissing revision petitions filed by four accused in a 2016 Coimbatore murder case, a Madras HC Division Bench issued binding guidelines on how Special Courts must exercise discretion under Section 44 of the UAPA.
The Madras High Court quashed an FIR and trial-court proceedings against 14 petitioners booked for raising pro-Palestine slogans, holding the allegations disclosed no offence under BNS.
The Madurai Bench dismissed a writ petition by a Tamil Nadu judicial ministerial employee who argued that a later conversion of her charge memo should relate back to erase an earlier promotion bar.
The Madurai Bench declined to confirm a death sentence awarded under the POCSO Act, finding tutored testimony, unexplained delay, absent medical corroboration, and a fundamentally flawed trial process.
The Madurai Bench held that a field inspection report showing peaceful coexistence for 25 years, and no local objection, left no ground to quash the District Collector's permission for reconstruction.
The Madurai Bench declined to interfere with a 2020 Union notification stopping caste-wise enumeration beyond SC/ST, holding that census policy is for government, not courts.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy allowed 28 writ petitions, holding that children born and raised in Puducherry in the mother's community are entitled to SC, MBC, or OBC origin certificates.
The Division Bench found prima facie material linking the appellant to a terror conspiracy via car supply and a pre-blast meeting, while separately directing formation of two exclusive UAPA courts in Tamil Nadu.
Madras High Court holds that a domestic violence complaint under the PWDVA does not amount to a criminal proceeding justifying passport revocation, quashing the Regional Passport Office's order.
The Madurai Bench rules that a 1982 interim order has long ceased to operate, bars the Executive Officer of Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Temple from holding the Fit Person role, and limits the officer's powers strictly to property administration.
Justice B. Pugalendhi has called for a government report on why Vice-Chancellor posts remain unfilled across nearly 14 Tamil Nadu universities, even as a quo warranto petition targets MKU's in-charge Registrar.
The Madurai Bench held that a student association's peaceful protest outside a conference hall did not constitute an offence, quashing the FIR against all eight accused.
A Division Bench declined to compel Tamil Nadu to file a curative petition in a child murder acquittal, holding that litigation decisions are executive discretion, not a duty amenable to mandamus.
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court dismissed a husband's appeal against a divorce decree as infructuous after the wife had already remarried, and called for an amendment to Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
A PIL challenging a Ministry of Home Affairs circular that allegedly relegated Tamil Nadu's State song became infructuous after revised administrative orders restored its ceremonial primacy.
The Madurai Bench set aside a trial court order directing DNA testing in a Section 495 IPC case, holding that paternity is neither an ingredient of bigamy offences nor a fact directly in issue.
The Madras High Court has stayed investigation in a DVAC case against a Karur fitness centre operator who was arrested at the prison gate immediately after being released on bail in a separate case, even though he was not named as an accused in the new FIR.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court confirmed a daughter's absolute title over a Chennai property settled by her father during divorce proceedings, rejecting claims that the property formed part of a joint family estate.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy directs Nakkeeran editor Gopal to appear before Cyber Crime police on 13 August 2026, while declining to bar police from acting against a registered accused.
The Madurai Bench held that a Bar Association's rules cannot be deemed amended to enforce 'One Bar, One Vote' when the Association itself has never passed such a resolution.
A Madras High Court Full Bench has held that where a waqf is governed by a judicial scheme decree, the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board has no jurisdiction under Section 32 to appoint Mutawallis; that power vests exclusively in the State Government under Section 66.
